Pre-delivery authentication

摘要

Pre-delivery authentication may be required prior to routing and delivery of electronic content. A sender of the electronic content, for example, may require that a recipient authenticate to ensure legitimate use or identity. Should pre-delivery authentication be required, the electronic content is held at any networked device while the recipient authenticates. If the recipient correctly authenticates, then the electronic content is released for delivery.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server, an electronic communication via the Internet, the electronic communication having a header of a packet identifying a recipient network address; implementing, by the server, a hold on a delivery of the electronic communication via the Internet according to the recipient network address; performing, by the server, a pre-delivery authentication of a recipient in response to the hold on the delivery; retrieving, by the server, a pre-delivery authentication requirement associated with the recipient network address identified by the header of the packet; determining, by the server, the recipient satisfied the pre-delivery authentication requirement associated with the recipient network address identified by the header of the packet; and releasing, by the server, the hold on the delivery of the electronic communication via the Internet in response to a satisfaction of the pre-delivery authentication requirement associated with the recipient network address identified by the header of the packet.