System and method for configuring and displaying communications between users in an organization

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon instructions that implement a software interface for configuring communications to one or more users operating a primary device in a communication network of an organization, wherein the instructions execute on one or more processors to:

• provide, via a user interface of an administrator device, a first interactive control for selecting the one or more users within the organization as recipients of a message;
• provide, via the user interface of the administrator device, a second interactive control for entering a payload of the message;
• receive selection of the one or more users and the payload via the first interactive control and second interactive control, respectively;
• transmit, via a communication server on the communication network, the message to respective addresses on the communication network associated with secondary devices of the one or more users without transmitting the message to respective addresses on the communication network associated with primary devices of the one or more users, wherein:
• the respective primary devices are general-purpose computers communicatively coupled to the communication network,
• the respective secondary devices are computers specifically configured to display communications specific to the organization, and
• the payload of the message is specific to the organization.

A system for efficiently communicating between users in an organization, wherein at least one user is operating a primary device, the system comprising:

• a general-purpose computing device that operates in a communication network of the organization as a primary device of a user, wherein the general-purpose computing device executes a plurality of software applications;
• a special-purpose computing device including (i) one or more processors, (ii) a user interface, (iii) a network interface, and (iv) a non-transitory computer-readable memory, wherein the special-purpose computing device operates in the communication network of the organization as a secondary device of the user to receive and transmit communications specific to the organization,
• the special-purpose computing device being configured to display the communications specific to the organization via the user interface of the special-purpose computing device;
• an administrator device that operates in the communication network of the organization, wherein the administrator device is used to generate data addressed to the user;
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• a router (i) that operates in the communication network of the organization, (ii) that includes an intelligent communications module that causes generated data that includes communications specific to the organization to be routed to an address on the communication network associated with the special-purpose computing device and to be not routed to an address on the communication network associated with the general-purpose computing device, and (iii) that causes generated data that does not include communications specific to the organization to be routed to the address on the communication network associated with the general-purpose computing device.