Patent ID: 8488756

Claim:
A secure electronic message exchange system comprising: a composition station for allowing a local user to generate a message in one of a plurality of input methods; a multi-function unit for receiving said message from the composition station and for modifying said message into a modified message, a control platform coupled to said multi-function unit for wirelessly transmitting a converted message to a remote user; and a conversion unit coupled to said control platform for converting said modified message to the converted message, wherein said converted message is electronic information; wherein said converted message is sent to a user device associated with said remote user via said control platform, wherein said control platform includes one or more apparatuses for at least one of monitoring, controlling, converting, and billing related to communications between local and remote users, wherein said multi-function unit sends said modified message to said control platform via a communication medium, wherein said control platform upon authenticating a log in request by said remote user makes available to said remote user the converted message in electronic format.