Electronic messaging exchange
A computer-implemented system and method for secure electronic message exchange including coupling a control platform to a workstation of a plurality of workstations via a communications medium, where the control platform includes one or more apparatuses for monitoring, controlling, conversion, and billing, related to messages exchanged between a plurality of local users and a plurality of remote users. The system prevents forwarding or copying of a message sent by a local user of the plurality of local users and received by a remote user of the plurality of remote users, to another party by the control platform. The system and method also provides for authenticating the remote user with the control platform.
1. A secure electronic message exchange system comprising:
a composition station for allowing a local user to generate a message in one of a plurality of input methods;
a multi-function unit for receiving said message from the composition station and for modifying said message into a modified message, a control platform coupled to said multi-function unit for wirelessly transmitting a converted message to a remote user; and
a conversion unit coupled to said control platform for converting said modified message to the converted message, wherein said converted message is electronic information;
wherein said converted message is sent to a user device associated with said remote user via said control platform,
wherein said control platform includes one or more apparatuses for at least one of monitoring, controlling, converting, and billing related to communications between local and remote users,
wherein said multi-function unit sends said modified message to said control platform via a communication medium,
wherein said control platform upon authenticating a log in request by said remote user makes available to said remote user the converted message in electronic format.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said control platform contains at least one server.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said control platform performs security checks of said converted message converted by a conversion unit.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said converted message is checked by said monitoring apparatus of said control platform to determine if said converted message contains predetermined words or phrases stored in a database.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said remote user can block said local user from sending electronic messages to said remote user.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein said remote user logs onto said control platform and views said converted message.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said control platform contains at least one server for storing data related to said electronic message exchange between said local and said remote user.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said control platform authenticates said local user.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein said control platform sends said modified message to said remote user via the Internet.
10. A secure electronic message exchange system comprising:
a control platform for wirelessly receiving an electronic message from a remote user; and
a multi-function unit in signal communication with the control platform and for modifying said electronic message to create a modified message for delivery to a local user;
wherein said electronic message is sent to said multi-function unit by said control platform,
wherein said modified message is transmitted from a communication device associated with said remote user,
wherein said control platform includes one or more apparatuses for monitoring, controlling, converting, and billing related to communications between said local and remote users,
wherein said electronic message is examined by said monitoring apparatus of said control platform to determine if said electronic message contains predetermined words or phrases stored in a database, and
wherein said control platform upon authenticating a log in request by said local user transmits said modified message to said local user in a printed format.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein said control platform contains at least one server.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein said control platform performs security checks of said electronic message prior to sending said electronic message to said multi-function unit.
13. The system of claim 10 , wherein said control platform enables said local user to electronically receive messages from said remote user.
14. The system of claim 10 , wherein said remote user can block said local user from sending further electronic messages to said remote user.
15. The system of claim 10 , wherein said remote user logs onto said control platform to compose said electronic message.
16. The system of claim 10 , wherein said control platform contains at least one server for storing data related to said electronic message exchange between said local and said remote user.
17. The system of claim 10 , wherein said control platform authenticates said local user.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein said control platform receives said electronic message from said remote user via the Internet.
19. The system of claim 10 wherein control platform receives the electronic message from the remote user via a wireless LAN connection.
20. The system of claim 1 wherein the multi-function unit for receiving receives the message from the composition station via a wireless LAN connection.