System and method for secure distribution of communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9967255-B2
Application number	US-201314391277-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2013
Priority date	Apr 9, 2012
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

A method for building and managing send jobs with restricted information, the method comprising constructing at least one email with at least one reference to a restricted information and injecting each of the at least one emails to one or more send centers, wherein each of the one or more send centers is authorized to receive the restricted information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for building and managing send jobs with restricted information, the method comprising:
constructing, at a server, at least one email including at least one reference to respective restricted information, wherein the restricted information is stored in a secure datastore and wherein the at least one email is stored in an email datastore at a geographically separate location from the secure datastore;
injecting, by the server, the at least one email to one or more send centers, wherein each of the one or more send centers is authorized to retrieve the restricted information using the at least one reference included in the at least one email;
substituting the at least one reference in the at least one email with the respective restricted information; and
transmitting the at least one email to at least one mail transfer agent, wherein the at least one mail transfer agent is configured to send the at least one email to at least one recipient,
wherein the injecting further comprises selecting each of the one or more send centers based at least in part on the location of the restricted information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective restricted information is stored in the same geographic location as the send center.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one reference uniquely identifies a set of restricted information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one reference is selected from the group consisting of an external key, a key, and a hash.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one reference uniquely identifies a set of restricted information stored in an external datastore.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more send centers is located within the same country as the location of the restricted information.

7. A method for building and managing send jobs with restricted information, the method comprising:
constructing at least one email including at least one reference to respective restricted information, wherein the at least one email is stored in an email datastore and wherein the restricted information is stored in a secure datastore at a geographically separate location from the email datastore;
substituting the at least one reference with the respective restricted information;
injecting the at least one email into one or more send centers, wherein each of the one or more send centers is authorized to retrieve the respective restricted information using the at least one reference; and
transmitting the at least one email to at least one mail transfer agent, wherein the at least one mail transfer agent is configured to send the at least one email to at least one recipient,
wherein the injecting further comprises selecting each of the one or more send centers based at least in part on the location of the restricted information.

8. A method for building and managing communications with restricted information, the method comprising:
constructing at least one communication including at least one reference to respective restricted information at a server, wherein the restricted information is stored in a secure datastore and wherein the at least one communication is stored in a communication datastore at a geographically separate location from the secure datastore;
transmitting the at least one communication to a rendering engine;
substituting, by the rendering engine, the at least one reference with the respective restricted information in the at least one communication; and
presenting, by the rendering engine, the communication to an end user,
wherein the rendering engine server is authorized to retrieve the restricted information using the at least one reference, and the rendering engine is selected to receive the restricted information based at least in part on the location of the restricted information.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the rendering engine is located at a geographically distinct location from the server.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the referenced restricted information is stored at a geographically distinct location from the rendering engine.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the referenced restricted information is stored in a secure datastore.

12. A method for building and managing send jobs with restricted information, the method comprising:
constructing at least one email including at least one reference to respective restricted information at a server, wherein the at least one email is stored in an email datastore and wherein the restricted information is stored in a secure datastore at a geographically separate location from the email datastore;
substituting the at least one reference with the referenced restricted information;
injecting the at least one email into one or more send centers using the reference included in the at least one email; and
transmitting the at least one email to at least one mail transfer agent, wherein the at least one mail transfer agent is configured to send the at least one email to at least one recipient,
wherein the injecting further comprises selecting each of the one or more send centers based at least in part on the location of the restricted information.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the substituting step further comprises copying the referenced restricted information to a memory.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the injecting step further comprises purging the memory.

15. A system for securely creating and transmitting communications, the system comprising:
a first database, the first database configured to store a first reference to first secure information;
a secure datastore, the secure datastore configured to store the first secure information and located at a geographically separate location from the first database;
a first server, the first server electronically coupled to the first database, wherein the first server is configured to
create a communication based at least in part on the first reference, and
send the communication including the first reference to a second server;

a second server, the second server electronically coupled to the first server and the secure datastore, wherein the second server is configured to receive the communication from the first server and substitute the first reference with the first secure information from the secure datastore using the first reference, and wherein the second server is selected to receive the communication based at least in part on a location of the first secure information; and
a mail transfer agent, the mail transfer agent electronically coupled to the second server and configured to receive the communication from the second server and transmit the communication to a recipient.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first server is located at a geographically distinct location from the second server.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first server and the second server are the same.

18. A method for securely creating and distributing communications, the method comprising:
constructing a communication that includes at least one reference to respective restricted information, wherein the restricted information is stored in a secure datastore and wherein the at least one communication is stored in a communication datastore at a geographically separate location from the secure datastore;
forwarding the communication to a rendering engine;
replacing, by the rendering engine, the at least one reference with the respective restricted information; and
presenting, by the rendering engine

Assignees

• Exacttarget Inc
• Salesforce Com Inc

Inventors

• Ciancio-Bunch James Michael
• Waltz Tom
• Seilar Jerry
• Stark Kevin
• Bennett Jonathan

Classifications

• H04L51/12

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/10 Primary

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• H04L51/063 Primary

  Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content · CPC title

• H04L51/212

  using filtering or selective blocking · CPC title