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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
David A. Hogeboom, Huntersville, NC (US);
William Koenig, Lafayette, CA (US);
David Wright, Livermore, CA (US);
Richard Wade Phillips, Harrisburg, NC (US);
Rhonda Maclean, Sherrills Ford, NC (US);
William A. Parra, Fort Mill, SC (US);
David A. Hogeboom, Huntersville, NC (US);
William Koenig, Lafayette, CA (US);
David Wright, Livermore, CA (US);
Richard Wade Phillips, Harrisburg, NC (US);
Rhonda MacLean, Sherrills Ford, NC (US);
William A. Parra, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for enabling authentication of on-line communications. In some embodiments, a message code is embedded in an e-mail, where the message code can be used by the recipient to verify the authenticity of the e-mail or of a Web site. In some embodiments, this code can be created for a particular e-mail message; in other embodiments, the code is created as a watermark for use by a customer or other a specific user or recipient. The message code is associated with both the e-mail message and the recipient. In the case of a message-specific code, a recipient can verify the e-mail message by inputting the code via a Web server to be looked up in the database. Provision is also made for including stenographic information in graphical or other codes as further authentication when accessing a Web site.