Patent ID: 7268896

Claim:
A method for conveying high integrity branded messages to recipients, the method comprising the steps of: providing electronic means for composing a branded message, the electronic means for composing a branded message comprising user-based data input means, user-based data output means, publisher-based data output means, central processing means, and a communication network, the communication network electronically interconnecting the user-based data input means, the user-based data output means, and the central processing means, the central processing means comprising a precompiled template data store, a user data store, and a publisher data store, the precompiled template data store comprising at least one electronic macrotemplate, the macrotemp late being in a plate-ready, portable document format, the macrotemplate comprising at least one brand microtemplate and at least one message microtemplate, the brand microtemplate comprising brand information, the message microtemplate comprising message information, the user data store comprising clearance level data; inputting a user's credentials into the central processing means via the user-based data input means and the communication network, the user's credentials comprising a clearance level; authenticating the user's credentials against the user data store, the authenticated user's credentials providing selective access to the macrotemplate; accessing the macrotemplate, the accessed macrotemplate comprising a select alterable microtemplate, the select alterable microtemplate being selected from the group consisting of the brand microtemplate and the message microtemplate, the select alterable microtemplate being selected based upon the user's clearance level; selectively editing the select alterable microtemplate; finalizing the macrotemplate, the finalized macrotemplate being checked for predefined errors, the predefined errors being defined by a system operator; selecting a publisher, the publisher being selected from the precompiled publisher data store; electronically sending the finalized macrotemplate to the selected publisher via the communication network, the finalized macrotemplate being output to the selected publisher for publication via the publisher-based data output means; and publishing the brand information and the message information as compiled upon the finalized macrotemplate, the published brand information and message information conveying high integrity branded messages to recipients.