Electronic Message Routing via Non-Electronic Identifier Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems cannot deliver electronic messages to physical postal addresses or un-addressable entities such as tax-payer identification numbers, credit card numbers, and vehicle identification numbers, posing inconvenience when senders lack electronic addresses for receivers.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables senders to send electronic messages to receivers without known electronic addresses by utilizing a service provider to store and verify multiple addresses, including both electronic and non-electronic ones, and route messages accordingly, using a software process that allows senders to specify security criteria for delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If electronic messages are delivered only to electronically addressable entities, then delivery security and verification are maintained, but the system cannot deliver messages to physical postal addresses or un-addressable entities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service provider as an intermediary between senders and receivers. The service provider maintains a database mapping non-electronic identifiers (physical addresses, TINs, SSNs, etc.) to electronic addresses, enabling messages to be routed to previously un-addressable entities while maintaining verification through the intermediary's authentication system
Solution Approach 2:
The service provider performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing a database of verified mappings between non-electronic identifiers and electronic addresses before message delivery is needed. This allows the system to handle diverse delivery targets without compromising verification, as the mappings are authenticated in advance
2Ease of operation
If senders use physical postal delivery for messages when electronic addresses are unknown, then messages can reach physical addresses, but delivery is inconvenient, impractical, and untimely
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical postal delivery system with an electronic messaging system that uses a service provider's database to resolve non-electronic identifiers to electronic addresses. This substitution enables instantaneous electronic delivery while maintaining the ability to reach entities previously accessible only through physical mail
Solution Approach 2:
The service provider creates a universal addressing system that handles multiple types of identifiers (physical addresses, TINs, SSNs, bank account numbers, vehicle IDs) through a single electronic messaging platform, eliminating the need for separate physical delivery processes
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system stores multiple addresses including non-electronic ones, then message routing to various entities is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The service provider acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity of storing and mapping multiple address types. The database structure handles diverse identifiers (physical addresses, TINs, SSNs, etc.) centrally, while senders and receivers interact with a simplified interface that abstracts away the underlying complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for enabling delivering to a receiver of a message addressed to a non-electronically addressable entity ID associated with the receiver employs a database storing a plurality of verified electronically addressable and non-electronically entity IDs associated with the receiver, and a controller that upon receiving a message addressed to non-electronically addressable entity ID identifies the receiver and enables the receiver access to the message.