Email based e-commerce with SMS and social media

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10869170-B2
Application number	US-201514716381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	May 19, 2014
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

Methods for email-based e-commerce using SMS and social media and for an e-commerce stock management system are disclosed. A method for email-based e-commerce using SMS includes receiving, via a social media network, a request from a customer to make a payment via email; generating a first email message that includes a mailto hyperlink and solicits payment in a predetermined amount; transmitting the first email message to the customer; and receiving an email message from the customer confirming payment in the predetermined amount. A method for an email-based financial management system includes storing user based settings, based on stock market events and a plurality of predetermined actions; determining when a stock market event occurs; transmitting a confirmation email to a customer requesting confirmation to perform a predetermined action; receiving a confirmation email from the customer to perform the predetermined action; and performing the predetermined action.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for improving security of e-commerce computer networks using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the method comprising:
generating a first token for a transaction;
generating a short message service (SMS) message that includes a mailto hyperlink based on the first token;
transmitting the SMS message to a customer;
receiving a SMTP response that includes the first token from the customer, wherein the response is based on the mailto hyperlink;
authenticating the SMTP response based on an email address of a sender of the SMTP response and the first token received in the SMTP response; and
on a condition that the SMTP response is authenticated, permitting the customer to perform the transaction.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a first SMTP simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) email message that includes at least one mailto hyperlink; and
transmitting the first SMTP email message to the customer, wherein the first SMTP email message and the SMS message are sent at a same time.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mailto hyperlink includes the first token.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mailto hyperlink includes a destination address field that indicates an email address of an e-commerce server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the email address of the sender of the SMTP response is authenticated using DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) or Sender Policy Framework (SPF) protocols.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mailto hyperlink is accessed via a shortened URL.

7. A method for improving security of e-commerce computer networks using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the method comprising:
generating a first token for a transaction;
generating a social media that includes at least one mailto hyperlink based on the first token;
receiving a SMTP response that includes the first token from a customer;
authenticating the SMTP response based on an email address of a sender of the SMTP response and the first token received in the SMTP response; and
on a condition that the SMTP response is authenticated, permitting the customer to perform the transaction.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one mailto hyperlink is accessed via a shortened URL.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one mailto hyperlink includes the first token.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one mailto hyperlink includes a destination address field that indicates an email address of an e-commerce system.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the email address of the sender of the SMTP response is authenticated using DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) or Sender Policy Framework (SPF) protocols.

Assignees

• Swoop Ip Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Kassemi James
• Killoran Jr John P
• Killoran Patrick
• Baca Isaiah

Classifications

• H04L51/58

  Message adaptation for wireless communication · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/18

  Commands or executable codes · CPC title

• G06F16/9558

  Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations · CPC title

• G06F40/134

  Hyperlinking · CPC title