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A communication system issues tokens in order to control communication received by the system. The tokens are arbitrary symbols which are stored in one or more Token Logs (TLs) for future reference. Those to whom the tokens are issued use specific tokens by including them in messages sent to the tok

A communication system issues tokens in order to control communication received by the system. The tokens are arbitrary symbols which are stored in one or more Token Logs (TLs) for future reference. Those to whom the tokens are issued use specific tokens by including them in messages sent to the token issuer. The communication systems belonging to the potential token users record tokens which they have been issued, so that those tokens may be included in subsequent communication to the token issuers. Incoming messages without tokens are given a tokenless status and possibly rejected. Token-request tokens are automatically issued to allow other individuals to request tokens which can be used in subsequent communication. Multiple Token Logs are synchronized across multiple devices. Functional and informational message address headers are employed when sending messages so that tokens issued to a given user are not divulged to other message recipients who are different from the given user and different from the token issuer.

대표청구항 ▼

The invention claimed is: 1. A method in a communication system operating on a communication device comprising:identifying a communication to be sent to a recipient via the communication device;searching a token log for one or more tokens corresponding to an identifier of the recipient;in response t

The invention claimed is: 1. A method in a communication system operating on a communication device comprising:identifying a communication to be sent to a recipient via the communication device;searching a token log for one or more tokens corresponding to an identifier of the recipient;in response to finding no tokens which correspond to the identifier of the recipient, providing for the creation of a token as an arbitrary set of one or more symbols;sending the communication and the token to the recipient;associating the token in a token log with the identifier of the recipient;receiving a message that includes a second token;verifying that the second token is valid by locating the second token in a token log;processing the message based on the second token being found in the token log;attaching a flag to the message indicating that the message is a newly received message, which flag allows a system operator to identify which messages are newly received; andallowing the system operator to clear the flag.