Patent ID: 11956483
Assignee: DIGITAL MAILBOX, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A computerized method of distributing digital content within a digital content distribution system including different digital mailbox systems each uniquely associated with a physical address, comprising:
registering, a user for a digital mailbox with a cloud network service supporting operations of the digital content distribution system; and
authenticating access by the user to a first digital mailbox system of the digital content distribution system,
wherein the authenticating access by the user comprises evaluating a form of identification and a proof of address submitted by the user so that, upon authentication of the user to access the first digital mailbox system, the digital content distribution system provides the user with access to received digital materials by the first digital mailbox system,
wherein the first digital mailbox system is configured to transmit digital mail messages to and receive digital mail messages from a second digital mailbox system different than the first digital mailbox system, and
wherein the digital materials of the digital mail messages received by the first digital mailbox system from the second digital mailbox system are electronically addressed for transmission over a network using a first digital mailbox address that includes content identifying a first physical address of the property without linking to an email address or an account number or without mapping to the email address or the account number, the content identifying the first physical address comprises at least a street number, a street name and a zip code.