US 12,238,052 B2
Method of detecting incomplete instant messaging record sets using sequential numbering
William Michael Pearce, Cornwall (CA)
Filed by William Michael Pearce, Cornwall (CA)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/118,103.
Application 18/118,103 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/399,321, filed on Apr. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,601,440.
Prior Publication US 2023/0412534 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/04 (2022.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/04 (2013.01) [G06F 16/219 (2019.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 63/126 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1483 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of verifying the authenticity of instant messages sent from a sender to a recipient, the method comprising the steps of:
Providing a network configured to deliver instant messages between instant messaging devices, the network being operatively coupled to the internet;
Providing an instant messaging application on an instant messaging device to both the sender and the recipient, the instant messaging devices being operatively coupled to the internet;
The network and instant messaging applications configured such that the instant messages each have a sender's address and a user-accessible field for receiving content, the content of the user-accessible field being visible to the recipient upon opening the instant message in the instant message application;
Identifying the receiver for an instant message to be sent by the sender;
generating a current sequence marker for the receiver, the current sequence marker representing a next sequence identifier in a sequence of instant messages between the sender and the receiver;
inserting the current sequence marker into the user-accessible field of the instant message and then sending the instant message to the recipient, and
wherein the sender queries an instant message history to generate the current sequence marker, the instant message history representing a record of instant messages previously sent from the sender to the recipient.