Enhanced Services Electronic Mail

摘要

A database includes one or more physical location identifiers such as postal addresses, delivery or street addresses, or geographic coordinates. A correlator correlates electronic addresses with physical location identifiers. The correlated electronic addresses can incorporate part or all of the corresponding physical location identifier. The correlated electronic addresses can further incorporate a reference to an individual, such as a name or title, or a reference to a group of individuals, such as by name. Correlated electronic addresses allow reception of electronic communication. Services offered with electronic delivery of correspondence to correlated electronic addresses include return receipt, insured delivery, certified delivery, forwarding, non-delivery notification, and non-electronic delivery. Costs associated with operation of the electronic mail may be covered by administration of postage or when the recipient elects electronic delivery of correspondence traditionally delivered by paper mail.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
an email address correlator having access to:
physical addresses for a plurality of physical addresses wherein each of the physical addresses comprises, at least in part, geographically-based addresses that each comprise a latitude and longitude pair and at least one of a street address and a postal address for corresponding buildings;associative data identifying associations between various persons and specific ones of the physical addresses; and wherein the email address correlator is configured to: automatically generate unique email addresses that each comprise at least a portion of one of the physical addresses and a name of the person who is associated with that physical address, such that the unique email addresses each include a latitude and longitude pair and at least one of a street address and a postal address; and provide the unique email addresses to an email transmitter to facilitate electronically delivering a message to a given person fully via email using a specific one of the unique email addresses that corresponds to the given person.