Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Insurance
Reexamination Certificate
2001-07-26
2008-09-16
Kramer, James (Department: 3693)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Insurance
Reexamination Certificate
active
07426477
ABSTRACT:
A method, apparatus, and computer implementable instructions for insuring delivery of an electronic document in a data processing system. A request is received from a requestor to insure delivery of the electronic document. In response to receiving the request, a payment amount to insure delivery is identified based on network characteristics of a network in which the electronic document is to be transmitted. An acknowledgment of the electronic document is sent to the requestor, wherein the acknowledgment includes the payment amount. The electronic document is delivered in response to receiving a reply to the acknowledgment from the requestor accepting the identification of the payment amount. The requestor is notified of a successful delivery of the electronic document in response to receiving an acknowledgment from the recipient.
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Banerjee Dwip N.
Dutta Rabindranath
Patel Kamal Chandrakant
Bailey Wayne B.
Dawkins Marilyn S.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Kramer James
Kramer Jay A
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