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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
- by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the electronic communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
notifying at least one of the recipients prior to the death of the person that the at least one of the recipients has been designated to receive the electronic communication;
receiving a change of address from at least one of the recipients, and updating at least a portion of an address associated with the at least one of the recipients;
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients, and repeatedly sending a communication to at least one of the recipients on at least two anniversaries of a date specified by the person; and
automatically placing an order for goods and services for the benefit of at least one of the recipients in response to the notice of the death of the person.
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A computer system. A first interface is designed to initiate a person as a member in a computer-implemented content-delivery service, to receive computer-storable content from the member and designations of recipients of the received content, and to store the content for confidential access only by the member. A second interface is designed to receive a signal indicating the death of members of the service, perhaps from a second person, and on such receipt, to send electronic signals to the designated recipients, the signal providing the designated recipients with access to the computer-storable content.
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
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by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the electronic communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
notifying at least one of the recipients prior to the death of the person that the at least one of the recipients has been designated to receive the electronic communication;
receiving a change of address from at least one of the recipients, and updating at least a portion of an address associated with the at least one of the recipients;
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients, and repeatedly sending a communication to at least one of the recipients on at least two anniversaries of a date specified by the person; and
automatically placing an order for goods and services for the benefit of at least one of the recipients in response to the notice of the death of the person.
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2. A method, comprising the steps for:
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by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the electronic communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
notifying at least one of the recipients prior to the death of the person that the at least one of the recipients has been designated to receive the electronic communication; and
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients.
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3. A method, comprising the steps of:
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by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the electronic communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
notifying at least one of the recipients prior to the death of the person that the at least one of the recipients has been designated to receive the electronic communication; and
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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16. A computer system, comprising:
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a member interface designed to initiate a person as a member in a computer-implemented content-delivery service, to receive computer-storable content from the member and designations of recipients of the computer-storable content, and to store the computer-storable content for confidential access only by the member;
a notification interface designed to notify at least one of the recipients prior to the death of the member that the at least one of the recipients has been designated to receive the computer-storable content; and
a death notice interface designed to receive a notice of the death of the member, and, on receipt of the notice of the death of the member, to send the computer-storable content received from the member to the recipients designated by the member.
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28. A method, comprising the steps for:
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by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the electronic communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
receiving a change of address from at least one of the recipients;
updating at least a portion of address information associated with the at least one of the recipients; and
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients.
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29. A method, comprising the steps of:
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by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the electronic communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
receiving a change of address from at least one of the recipients;
updating at least a portion of address information associated with the at least one of the recipients; and
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients.
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41. A computer system, comprising:
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a member interface designed to initiate a person as a member in a computer-implemented content-delivery service, to receive computer-storable content from the member and designations of recipients of the computer-storable content, and to store the computer-storable content for confidential access only by the member;
an update interface designed to receive a change of address from at least one of the recipients and to update at least a portion of address information associated with the at least one of the recipients;
a death notice interface designed to receive a notice of the death of the member, and, on receipt of the notice of the death of the member, to send the computer-storable content received from the member to the recipients designated by the member. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method, comprising the steps for:
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by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the electronic communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients; and
repeatedly sending a communication to at least one of the recipients on at least two anniversaries of a date specified by the person.
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53. A method, comprising the steps of:
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by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the electronic communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients; and
repeatedly sending a communication to at least one of the recipients on at least two anniversaries of a date specified by the person. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A computer system, comprising:
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a member interface designed to initiate a person as a member in a computer-implemented content-delivery service, to receive computer-storable content from the member and designations of recipients of the computer-storable content, and to store the computer-storable content for confidential access only by the member; and
a death notice interface designed to receive a notice of the death of the member, on receipt of the notice of the death of the member, to send the computer-storable content received from the member to the recipients designated by the member, and to repeatedly send computer-storable content to at least one of the recipients on at least two anniversaries of a date specified by the person. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A method, comprising the steps for:
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by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients; and
automatically placing an order for at least one of goods and services for the benefit of at least one of the recipients in response to the notice of the death of the person.
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75. A method, comprising the steps of:
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by computer, soliciting from a person an electronic communication and designations of recipients of the communication, and holding the electronic communication in a memory of a computer;
upon receiving a notice of the death of the person, transmitting the electronic communication to the recipients; and
automatically placing an order for at least one of goods and services for the benefit of at least one of the recipients in response to the notice of the death of the person. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A computer system, comprising:
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a member interface designed to initiate a person as a member in a computer-implemented content-delivery service, to receive computer-storable content from the member and designations of recipients of the received content, and to store the content for confidential access only by the member;
a death notice interface designed to receive notice of the member, on receipt of notice of the death of the member, to send the content received from the member to the recipients designated by the member, and to automatically place an order for at least one of goods and services for the benefit of at least one of the recipients in response to the notice of the death of the person. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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