Patent ID: 8495158
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering wills and messages, the method receiving a will and message of an invitor via a messenger server, so that the will and the message can be delivered to one or more invitees, the method comprising: a membership subscription step of accessing a messenger server and entering subscriber information, thereby storing the subscriber information and creating an account in a subscriber database (DB) of the messenger server; a will and message preparation step of storing the will and the message prepared by the invitor in a will and message DB of the messenger server; an invitee selection step of, when the invitees who will receive the will and the message are selected by the invitor via the messenger server, storing information about the selected invitees in the subscriber DB; a delivery method determination step of causing one of a plurality of methods for starting delivery of the will and message of the invitor to the invitees to be selected by the invitor via the messenger server and then storing the selected method in delivery method setting memory of the messenger server; and a delivery step of, if a requirement for starting delivery of the will and the message stored in the delivery method setting memory is met, delivering the will and the message to the invitees via the messenger server; wherein the one of methods for starting delivery of the will and the message selected at the delivery method determination step is a method comprising a primary death determination that determines whether the invitor is dead in such a manner that the messenger server determines whether the invitor has made access to the messenger server within a predetermined period, and a secondary death determination that, if the messenger server determines that the invitor has not made access to the messenger server within the predetermined period, determines whether the invitor is dead in such a manner that the messenger server receives information about a selection of one of “Yes (dead)”, “Uncertain” and “No (survival)” from each of verifiers.