Patent ID: 11968188
Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A system for automating transmission of encrypted email messages, the system comprising:
an email client operating locally on a computer terminal, the email client comprising computer readable instructions, that when executed by a processor on the computer terminal provides software tools for composing and viewing an email message; and
a treasury application program interface (API) operating locally on the computer terminal, the treasury API comprising computer readable instructions, that when executed by the processor on the computer terminal, to:
intercept the email message composed by the email client;
encrypt contents of the email message into a first format;
open a secure channel from the local computer terminal to a digital treasury platform hosted on a remote server; and
transmit the email message from the computer terminal to the digital treasury platform via the secure channel;
wherein, after the email message is received by the digital treasury platform, the email message is encrypted into a second format before the email message is forwarded from the digital treasury platform to a recipient; and
wherein encryption of contents of the email message into the second format is based on credentials for accessing the digital treasury platform of the recipient of the email message.