| US 7,502,451 B2 | ||
| Institutional electronic messaging system | ||
| Joel Gyllenskog, Boise, Id. (US); Larry Larsen, Boise, Id. (US); Randall D. Barber, Boise, Id. (US); Albert Pittman, Boise, Id. (US); and James Graham, Boise, Id. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microworks, Inc., Boise, Id. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/308,505. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0233610 A1, Oct. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 379—100.08 [705/64; 705/408; 705/406; 379/199; 707/9; 382/101; 709/206] | 32 Claims |
| 1. A system for managing electronic messages associated with an institution, comprising:
a centralized computer server, the computer server is configured to function as world-wide-web host,
an authentication world-wide-web page associated with the computer server,
a composition world-wide-web page associated with the computer server,
a send button associated with at least one world-wide-web page associated with the computer server,
a database of institutions wherein each institution is identified as either an affiliated or unaffiliated institution,
wherein each affiliated institution has an associated preferred delivery agent,
wherein a sender accesses the authentication page to authenticate to the centralized server, the sender presents a message
to the composition page, the sender identifies an intended recipient of the message, wherein the intended recipient is associated
with an institution, wherein the sender initiates transmission of the message by engaging the send button,
wherein if the intended recipient is associated with an affiliated institution, the message is transmitted using the preferred
delivery agent associated with the institution,
wherein if the intended recipient is associated with an unaffiliated institution, the message is printed on paper and mailed
to the unaffiliated institution.
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