Token-Based Message Exchange System for Spam Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
As computer networks grow, malicious systems can waste processing resources by sending unwanted messages, and existing technologies lack effective mechanisms to disincentivize such behavior while allowing legitimate systems to communicate efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A decentralized, token-based authorization system using a distributed ledger, such as a blockchain, where computer systems transfer tokens to process messages, disincentivizing malicious behavior by requiring tokens for message processing and allowing legitimate systems to communicate without a central authority.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a network allows free message transmission between computer systems, then communication efficiency is improved, but malicious systems can waste processing resources by sending spam messages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by requiring computer systems to post bonds (tokens) before they can send messages to each other. This preventive measure is implemented in advance to stop spam messages before they waste processing resources. The bond requirement creates a financial disincentive that prevents malicious behavior upfront, while legitimate systems can still communicate efficiently by posting appropriate bonds.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism in the form of a bond posting system that mediates between sending and receiving computer systems. The bond acts as an intermediary guarantee that enables message transmission while protecting against spam. This intermediary layer allows communication to proceed without direct trust between systems, resolving the contradiction between free communication and spam prevention.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If a token-based system is implemented to prevent spam, then spam prevention is improved, but system complexity increases due to token management and distributed ledger requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling computer systems to autonomously manage their own bonds and message permissions without requiring centralized control. Each system can post bonds, verify received bonds, and control its own message receiving capabilities. This self-service approach simplifies the overall system architecture by eliminating the need for complex centralized management infrastructure while maintaining effective spam prevention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the bond posting mechanism universal by allowing any computer system to participate in the spam prevention system regardless of its specific function or location in the network. The same bond-based mechanism applies universally across all message transmissions between any pairs of systems, simplifying implementation compared to having specialized protocols for different system types or communication scenarios.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If a centralized authority controls message authorization, then message control is improved, but the system loses decentralization and requires central coordination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the message authorization function into independent, decentralized units. Instead of a single centralized authority, each computer system independently manages its own bond posting and verification. This segmentation allows message control to be distributed across the network, maintaining both effective spam prevention and decentralization without requiring central coordination.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques are disclosed relating to exchanging tokens for processing messages. A first system may access information identifying a first requested amount of tokens for a message to be processed by a second system. The first system may cause a first transaction to be written to a distributed ledger that records a transfer of the first requested amount from an account of the first system to an account of the second system. The first system may send a message to the second system. The first system may provide information identifying a second requested amount of tokens for a message to be processed by the first system. The first system may process a message from a third system in response to verifying that there is a second transaction that records a transfer of the second requested amount from an account of the third system to the account of the first system.