Patent ID: 9373133
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for facilitating peer-to-peer email exchange, the method comprising the steps of: implementing a plurality of node computers in selective communication with one another, thereby forming a network, each of said node computers configured for sending an at least one email message to a select at least one of the other node computers; implementing an at least one cache server in selective communication with the node computers and configured for temporarily storing at least a portion of the at least one email message; implementing an email client in memory on each node computer, said email client configured for allowing a user to draft, send and receive email messages; implementing a local email store in memory on each node computer, said email store configured for storing email messages and any file attachments thereto; implementing an email agent in memory on each node computer, each said email agent configured for communicating with email agents of other node computers, thereby allowing for the transmission of the email messages and any file attachments thereto directly between the email clients of two or more node computers; and upon a sending user of a first one of the node computers desiring to send an email message, including any file attachments thereto, to an at least one receiving user of another one of the node computers: