Patent ID: 8166299

Claim:
A method for secure electronic communication of an email message from an originator to a recipient, said method comprising the steps of: said originator removing a security sensitive portion of the message; said originator employing a first network connection to send the removed portion to an externally accessible store, said externally accessible store being operative to grant access to said stored removed portion upon presentation of a two factor authentication, the two factors comprising an authentication code and a reference code; said originator employing email to send the residue of the message, along with one, only, of the two factors and notification that said removed portion is in said store, via an external Internet connection to said recipient; said originator employing a second external network connection to send another, only, of the two factors to said recipient separately from the one factor; said recipient receiving said one of the two factors and said notification by said email and said recipient receiving said another of the two factors, by said second external network, separately from said email; said recipient accessing said external store; and said recipient employing a third external network connection to provide said externally accessible store with the necessary two factor authentication comprising said reference code and said authentication code and for said store to grant external access to said removed portion.