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A method and apparatus for message transmission verification

CA 2218211 C · Owner: Aas, David · Inventors: Aas, David; Leuca, Ileana A.

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A method and apparatus improve the user-friendliness of messaging systems. A message sender is requested to create a message ID which is used to identify a message being sent by the message sender. At some later time the message sender can query the message center using the sender generated message ID to ask the center to verify whether the message has either been sent to or received by the intended recipient.

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  • Filed October 14, 1997 and granted February 6, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 2017.
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FiledOctober 14, 1997
GrantedFebruary 6, 2001
Term endedOctober 14, 2017
Patent numberCA 2218211 C
Classification (IPC)H04M3/42 +2 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedOct 14, 1997Patent grantedFeb 6, 2001Term endedOct 14, 2017

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