Patent ID: 8566902

Claim:
A method comprising: associating, by a computer based system for facilitating secure access to messages, a primary message with a first intended recipient by a first identifier, wherein the primary message is stored for dynamic retrieval in a common storage area of a database; notifying, by the computer based system, the first intended recipient of the primary message stored in the database using a notification message generated by a processing device, wherein the notification message contains an address of or a link to a secure website, by transmitting the notification message to the first intended recipient; securely communicating, by the computer based system, the content of the primary message to the first intended recipient initially via the secure website, wherein the primary message is not transmitted via email, and wherein the content of the primary message is not communicated over unsecure channels; providing, by the computer based system, the website for the first intended recipient to view the primary message; authenticating, by the computer based system, the first intended recipient using a second identifier associated with the intended recipient; capturing, by the computer based system, the browser type and IP address of the authenticated first intended recipient for fraud investigation purposes; searching, by the computer based system, primary messages stored in the common storage area of the database to find primary messages for the first intended recipient by matching the first identifier with a primary message associated with the first identifier; providing, by the computer based system, the primary message associated with the first identifier to the first intended recipient for display by the first intended recipient, wherein in response to no second identifier being associated with the first intended recipient, the first intended recipient is prompted to create or register a second identifier; and maintaining, by the computer based system, the primary message in the common storage area of the database for dynamic access by the second intended recipient via the secure website.