Physical Address Email System

• US 20110289158A1
• Filed: 05/20/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Francesco Terranova
• Original Assignee: Francesco Terranova
• Inventors: Terranova, Francesco
• Application Number:
  US12/783,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20110289158A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

An electronic mail (e-mail) messaging system and method that allow e-mail to be sent and received between individuals identified by their physical mailing address. An e-mail address part of such system may include: (1) a first name (2) a street number (3) an initial representing geographical direction (4) a street name (5) a street type (6) an apartment number (optional), (7) a zip code. A registered such physical email address is linked with a regular email account and the system then forwards an email addressing the physical email address to the linked regular email account. If no linked regular email account, then the physical mailing address is constructed from the physical email address and the message is automatically delivered by physical mail means.

Claims

1. A physical address email system, comprising:

email account registration module that takes input of a applicant'"'"'s geographic physical address information, and assigns the applicant an email account and a physical-email address based on the geographic physical address information; and

an operation module that checks whether an incoming email address is a registered physical-email address, and if the incoming email address is a registered physical-email address with a registered email account, it forwards the incoming email to the registered email account;

if the incoming email address is a physical-email address but not a registered physical-email address, it delivers the email message via a physical mail system.

2. The email system of claim 1, wherein the registration module assigns a physical-email address by constructing the geographic physical address information into a unique sequence as the physical-email address in accordance with a constructing rule.

3. The email system of claim 1, wherein the registration module assigns a physical-email address by constructing a unique sequence comprising fields of (1) a first name, (2) a street number, (3) an initial representing geographical direction, (4) a street name, (5) a street type, (6) an apartment number, (7) and zip code, each field being separated with a special character from each other.

4. The email system of claim 1, wherein the registration module assigns a physical-email address by attaching a selected geographic information of the applicant to a unique username chosen by the applicant.

5. The email system of claim 1, wherein the registration module assigns the applicant both a regular email address and a physical-email address.

6. The email system of claim 1, wherein the registration module assigns a physical-email address by selecting a matching physical-email address from a pre-built physical-email address database.

7. The email system of claim 6, wherein the pre-built physical-email address database is built by using a real physical address directory including a phone book.

8. The email system of claim 1, wherein the operation module reconstructs an email recipient'"'"'s physical address by extracting geographic information from the incoming email'"'"'s email address.

9. The email system of claim 1, further comprising a user module that automatically constructs physical-email addresses from an input of a geographic feature and by using a physical address database.

11. A method of distributing plurality of emails to recipients of a geographical area, comprising the actions of:

constructing plurality of physical-email addresses using a user interface of claim 10 by inputting a geographic criterion; and

sending a message to the plurality of physical-email addresses using the email system of claim 1.

10. An email address user interface, comprising a module that automatically constructs physical-email addresses from an input of a geographic criterion and by using a physical address database.