US 12,238,083 B2
Method of detecting incomplete electronic record sets using sequential numbering
William Michael Pearce, Toronto (CA)
Filed by William Michael Pearce, Toronto (CA)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,459.
Application 18/117,459 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/399,321, filed on Apr. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,601,440.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262040 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01)
CPC H04L 63/08 (2013.01) [G06F 16/219 (2019.01); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 63/126 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 63/1483 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of verifying the authenticity of text messages sent from a sender to a recipient, the method comprising the steps of:
Providing a cellular telecom network configured to deliver text messages between texting devices;
Providing a text messaging application on a texting device to both the sender and recipient;
The cellular telecom network and messaging applications configured such that the text messages each have a sender's address, a user-accessible field for receiving content, the content of the user-accessible field being visible to the recipient upon opening the text message in the text message application;
Identifying the receiver for a text 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 text messages between the sender and the receiver;
inserting the current sequence marker into the user-accessible field of the text message and then sending the text message to the recipient, and
wherein the sender queries a text history to generate the current sequence marker, the text history representing a record of text messages previously sent from the sender to the recipient, the sender then inserting the current sequence marker into the user accessible field before sending the text message.