Bad Karma I guess.
I have sold my shares because of overall market conditions will be back to this stock when the overall market conditions improve. My holdings were not that great however my wife has a bigger position and is holding. But nervous
Good Luck
I really like this newest patent.
Thursday July 27, 8:37 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Tumbleweed Allowed Patent for Private URLs for Secure Document Delivery and Authentication
New Allowance the Sixth Patent for Tumbleweed Secure Communications Technologies
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2000-- Tumbleweed Communications Corp.® (Nasdaq:TMWD - news), a leading provider of advanced e-mail solutions for business communications, today announced that it has been allowed a patent that protects private, trackable URLs for directed document delivery. The private URL technology is included in Tumbleweed Integrated Messaging Exchange(TM) (IME(TM)), a platform and set of applications for creating secure communications channels between a business and its customers, partners, and suppliers.
Tumbleweed IME generates a private URL for each secure delivery. The private URL that IME creates is unique, tied to the sender of the package or transaction, to the content being sent, and to the intended recipient. In practice, the private URL binds the recipient's e-mail identity to the content being sent, assuring that the information being sent is delivered only to the intended recipient. The private URL also binds a recipient's e-mail identity to an on-line transaction, facilitating authentication for both business-to-consumer and business-to-business online commerce.
``E-mail is central to electronic commerce, both for businesses and consumers,'' said Jean-Christophe Bandini, chief technology officer, Tumbleweed Communications Corp. ``The private URL technology enables e-mail to play the central role in secure communications and commerce by binding a recipient's identity to either content or a transaction.''
Tumbleweed currently has three allowed patents moving through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's process towards issuance. In addition to the private URL patent announced today, Tumbleweed has also been allowed a patent for server-to-server encryption and data conversion (see press release dated July 19, 2000 at www.tumbleweed.com), and for dynamic server-based data conversion (see press release dated April 26, 2000 at www.tumbleweed.com).
Tumbleweed has also been granted three patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Patent no. 6,061,448 ``Method and System for Dynamic Server Document Encryption'' was granted May 9, 2000, Patent no. 399,836 ``Electronic Document Delivery System'' was granted October 20, 1998 and Patent no. 5,790,790 ``Electronic Document Delivery System in which Notification of Said Electronic Document is Sent to a Recipient Thereof'' was granted August 4, 1998.
Tumbleweed Communications Corp.
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. is a leading provider of advanced e-mail solutions for business communications. Our products and services enable businesses to create and manage secure online communication channels that leverage established e-mail networks and enterprise applications. Tumbleweed Integrated Messaging Exchange is a platform and set of applications for creating secure communications channels between a business and its customers, partners, and suppliers. Tumbleweed Messaging Management System is a comprehensive solution that extends internal e-mail systems to the Internet through centralized security, policy enforcement, filtering and archiving. Used together, Tumbleweed IME and Tumbleweed MMS automatically apply security policies and redirect sensitive e-mail for secure, trackable delivery. Companies that rely on Tumbleweed IME or MMS products include American Express, Chase Manhattan Bank, Datek Online, Daiwa, the European Union's Joint Research Council, the Food and Drug Administration, Mitsui & Co., Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, Northern Trust, Pitney Bowes, TD Waterhouse, Travelers Property Casualty, UPS, and the United States Postal Service. |
