Patent ID: 7653690
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating with electronic postcards comprising: a) providing a server for processing electronic postcards; b) selecting at least one input site remote from the server, wherein the at least one input site is selected from a predetermined group of input sites consisting of a gift shop, a hotel front desk, a motel front desk and a theme park, the at least one input site accessible to a plurality of senders of electronic postcards visiting the at least one input site; c) establishing a verified communication link between the at least one input site and the server, wherein the verified communication link authenticates that incoming requests for electronic postcards originate from particular ones of the predetermined group of input sites; d) providing a sender input device at the at least one input site for receiving input information associated with each of the senders including an addressee e-mail address; e) providing a printed form for each sender upon which the input information is recorded including a message handwritten by the sender and inputting for each sender the input information to the input device; f) generating an electronic postcard from the sender input information; and g) transmitting the electronic postcard from the at least one input site to the server and from the server directly to the addressee e-mail address.