Computerized method and system for managing an email input facility in a networked secure collaborative exchange environment

摘要

In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing an email input facility in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, wherein a secure email input facility for accepting non-secure email from outside the exchange into the secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, wherein the non-secure email is received and the non-secure email and/or the content delivered thereby is stored as secure content in a location of the secure exchange server related to at least one of the sender of the email, the subject line of the non-secure email, the destination address of the email within the exchange, and the content of the email.

主权项

1. A method for managing a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, the method comprising:
establishing, by a secure exchange server controlled by an intermediate business entity, a user login data authentication procedure that allows at least one of a plurality of users of a plurality of business entities to access the secure exchange server, wherein communications between the secure exchange server and the plurality of users is through a communications network; storing, by the secure exchange server, at least one user login authentication data for each of the plurality of users; receiving content from a first of the plurality of users of a first business entity of the plurality of the business entities; by the secure exchange server, permitting access to the received content for a subset of the plurality of users through an exchange content access facility, wherein the exchange content access facility is managed by at least one business entity of the plurality of business entities; granting, by the exchange server, access to the received content to a second of the plurality of users of a second business entity of the plurality of business entities when the secure exchange server receives from the second of the plurality of users its user login authentication data provided that the second of the plurality of users is one of the subset of the plurality of users; and providing a secure email input facility for accepting non-secure email from outside the exchange into the secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, wherein the non-secure email is received and at least one of the non-secure email and the content delivered thereby is stored as secure content in a location of the secure exchange server related to at least one of the sender of the email, the subject line of the non-secure email, the destination address of the email within the exchange, and the content of the email, wherein the email is automatically associated with an area of content on the exchange server based on at least one of the sender of the email, the subject line of the email, the destination address of the email within the exchange, and the content of the email.