Patent ID: 8527751

Claim:
An electronic messaging method, comprising: receiving a request to send an electronic message from a sender to a recipient, wherein the electronic message comprises any of text, audio, video, and file attachments; authenticating the sender of the electronic message at an authentication server remote from the sender and the recipient; receiving the electronic message at a hosted server remote from the sender and the recipient through a first secure connection; storing the electronic message on the hosted server; alerting the recipient that the electronic message is pending; and delivering the electronic message through a second secure connection from the hosted server to the recipient; wherein the authenticating the sender comprises: sending software code to the sender to initiate a biometric authentication; acquiring biometric information of the sender; creating a numerical index of the biometric information to form a public key; receiving the public key at the authentication server over a third secure connection; and authenticating the public key with a corresponding private key at the authentication server.