System and method for creation and scheduling of future communications and gifts

A computer-implemented message system that resides on a platform, comprising:

• a plurality of graphical user interfaces that allow one or more members who are registered with the system to create a personalized message that resides on the platform and to schedule access to the personalized message by one or more recipients;
• a member database that contains personal member information about the one or more members;
• a contact database that contains contact information about the one or more members or the one or more recipients of the personalized message;
• a contact manager that is connected to the member database and to the contact database, that permits a member to manage personal member information and contact information, and that permits the one or more recipients of the personalized message to access the personalized message on the platform and to register as a member with the system;
• a message content database that contains content for use in creating the personalized message;
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• a message creation component that is connected to the message content database and that allows the one or more members to select the one or more recipients of the personalized message from the contact database or the member database and to select the content for use in creating the personalized message from the message content database;
• a message calendar that is connected to the member database, to the contact database, to the contact manager, to the message creation component and to the message content database, that permits the one or more members to schedule automated access of the personalized message on the platform by the one or more recipients and that is configured to automatically provide access to the personalized message on the platform on at least one date in the future relative to when the personalized message is created;
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• a schedule lock/unlock date component that permits the one or more members who created the personalized message to control when the personalized message may be accessed by the one or more recipients, including keeping the personalized message unlocked so that the one or more recipients may open the personalized message at any time, keeping the personalized message unlocked on only certain dates so that the one or more recipients may open the personalized message on only the certain dates and keeping the personalized message locked after an end date so that the personalized message is no longer accessible to the one or more recipients after the end date;
• wherein the member database, the contact database, the contact manager, the message content database, the message creation component and the message calendar are operatively associated with one another via the plurality of graphical user interfaces.