Patent ID: 8161123

Claim:
A method of storing a communication's on a central data server, the method comprising: (a) a first person gaining access to an account on a central data server by sending to the central data server a first unique identification; (b) the first person transmitting a first communication to a communication thread in the first account on the central data server via a secure electronic connection that is substantially publically inaccessible; (c) the central data server receiving the first communication; (d) the central data server associating with the first communication at least a date of receipt of the first communication; (e) the central data server storing the first communication and the associated date of receipt, permitting access to any part of the first communication and the associated date of receipt only by gaining access to the communication thread of the first account, and inhibiting modification of the first communication and the associated date of receipt; (f) the first person authorizing at least a second person to access the communication thread of the first account; and (g) the central data server transmitting a notice to the second person that a communication relevant to the second person was transmitted to the central data server, wherein said notice is prohibited from informing anyone from a group consisting of the second person and any other recipient of the notice, of either or both of the following: (i) the identity of the first person or (ii) the content of the first communication; (h) the second person transmitting a second communication to the communication thread on the central data server via a secure electronic connection that is substantially publicly inaccessible; (i) the central data server receiving the second communication; (j) the central data server associating with the second communication at least a date of receipt of the second communication; (k) the central data server storing the second communication and the associated date of receipt, permitting access to the second communication and the associated date of receipt only by gaining access to the communication thread of the first account, and inhibiting any modification to the second communication and the associated date of receipt; (l) the central data server storing a date associated with the viewing of the first communication by the second person, permitting access to the date of viewing using the first account, and prohibiting any modification to the date of viewing; (m) permitting deletion of all of the communications and dates in the communication thread of the first account if the central data server receives assent by no fewer than all of the persons authorized to access the communications; and (n) the central data server associating with the second communication a time of receipt of the second communication; wherein the step of inhibiting modification of the first communication and the associated date of receipt further comprises creating a one way hash key for the first communication and associated date of receipt.