Patent ID: 7698151

Claim:
An electronic presentment method, for recovery from a disaster effecting a print mail operation, the method comprising steps of: confirming the occurrence of the disaster which interrupts or impairs normal print mail operation; receiving files containing electronic documents, corresponding to a hardcopy of the documents that would be produced by the print mail operation for delivery; storing the electronic documents in a format corresponding to a hardcopy of the documents that would be produced by the print mail operation for delivery; identifying intended recipients of the electronic documents from the received files; transmitting a notification message through a communication network to the identified intended recipients that the disaster has impaired the print mail operation from producing or delivering the hardcopy documents; and converting the stored electronic documents into a format capable of presenting the stored electronic documents to the identified intended recipients via a communication network, in response to the disaster impairing the print mail operation from producing or delivering the hardcopy documents.