US 11,956,200 B1
Method for distributing emails
Gregory Brian Meyer, San Antonio, TX (US); Mark Anthony Lopez, Helotes, TX (US); Nolan Serrao, Plano, TX (US); Victor Kwak, Frisco, TX (US); Ryan Thomas Russell, The Colony, TX (US); Christopher Russell, The Colony, TX (US); and Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/175,752.
Application 18/175,752 is a continuation of application No. 17/842,295, filed on Jun. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,652,779.
Application 17/842,295 is a continuation of application No. 16/887,340, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 11,394,681, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,824, filed on May 31, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.01); H04L 51/226 (2022.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.01); H04L 67/5683 (2022.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 51/58 (2022.05) [G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.05); H04L 51/226 (2022.05); H04L 67/5683 (2022.05); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for distributing emails to a group of personal computers that communicate with each other over a network, the group of personal computers including an identified personal computer and a first personal computer, the method comprising:
receiving, at a server, a set of non-confidential emails addressed to at least one computer in the group;
receiving, at the server, at least one confidential email intended for delivery to the first personal computer;
sending, by the server, the at least one confidential email directly to the first personal computer when the first personal computer logs onto the network;
identifying, by the server, an identified personal computer among the group of personal computers that accesses an email account before any other computer in the group of personal computers;
distributing, by the server, the set of non-confidential emails to the identified personal computer, the server also sending instructions for the identified personal computer to distribute the set of non-confidential emails using the network to each of the addressees of the multiple-recipient emails after each such addressee logs in to the network; and
wherein the identified personal computer precludes a user of the identified personal computer from accessing any of the non-confidential emails that do not list the user as an addressee.