Methods and systems for integrating physical mail with electronic mail
First Claim
1. A method for enabling the sending of physical mail to a recipient upon receipt of electronic mail from a sender, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a server, an email message from at least one computing device associated with the sender and coupled to a network wherein a physical mailing address of the recipient is embedded in a header of the email message; and
parsing said email message header at the server to retrieve said physical mailing address of the recipient.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and system for integrating physical mail and electronic mail, such that it enables delivery of documents in electronic as well as physical form. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method for enabling the sending of physical mail to a recipient upon receipt of electronic mail from a sender. In another embodiment, the present invention comprises a system for enabling the sending of physical mail to a recipient upon receipt of electronic mail from a user comprising a server coupled to the network for receiving said email from at least one computing device wherein the computing device is associated with the user and coupled to a network and wherein the computing device operates an email program for creating an email message such that a physical mailing address of the recipient is capable of being embedded in a header of said email message and a parser located at the server that parses said email message header to retrieve the physical mailing address of the recipient.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for enabling the sending of physical mail to a recipient upon receipt of electronic mail from a sender, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a server, an email message from at least one computing device associated with the sender and coupled to a network wherein a physical mailing address of the recipient is embedded in a header of the email message; and
parsing said email message header at the server to retrieve said physical mailing address of the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for sending physical mail to a recipient upon receipt of electronic mail from a user, comprising:
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a server coupled to the network for receiving said email from at least one computing device wherein said computing device is associated with the user and coupled to a network and wherein said computing device operates an email program for creating an email message such that a physical mailing address of the recipient is capable of being embedded in a header of said email message; and
a parser located at said server that parses said email message header to retrieve said physical mailing address of the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for transmitting physical mail to a recipient based upon the receipt of electronic mail, the computer program product comprising:
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computer readable program code for parsing a header of an email message to retrieve a physical mailing address of the recipient embedded therein; and
computer readable program code for converting said email from electronic format to physical format. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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