System and method to provide an email account
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorSteven Dale Zettner
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods to provide an email account. The systems and methods provide techniques wherein an email account is provided by a provider to a member, the system having at least one subsystem to provide a financial account for the member, provide an email account to the member, and integrate the financial account and the email account on an Internet site, thereby allowing the member to have access to the email account and the financial account on the Internet site.
Claims21
An information handling system associated with a financial services company, comprising:
- a member communication engine configured to communicate a financial services company member login web page to a client computer and receive an authentication request from the client computer, the information handling system being communicatively coupled with the client computer via a public packet-based network, the member communication engine including an authentication module configured to authenticate the authentication request as being associated with a member;
- a member database communicatively coupled to the member communication engine and configured to provide to the client computer for display after authentication, a user web page providing a menu of accounts provided by the financial services company and belonging to the member, the menu of accounts to include at least one general-purpose email account and at least one financial account provided by the financial services company;
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- an email server communicatively coupled to the member communication engine and configured to implement the at least one general-purpose email account;
- wherein the member communication engine is configured to detect when the member is using the system, and in response, transmit a marketing material and a competitor comparison to the general-purpose email account of the member.
An article including a non-transitory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions to cause at least one processor to perform activities, comprising:
- communicating a financial services company member login web page to a client computer via a public packet-based network;
- receiving an authentication request from the client computer associated with a member via a public packet-based network, the member having accounts associated with a financial services company;
- authenticating the member by manipulating a set of semiconductor storage element components of a member communication engine;
- presenting an account access menu of accounts held by the member at a display device component of the client computer, the account access menu to include at least one financial account and at least one general-purpose email account, and the at least one general-purpose email account implemented using an internet service provider (ISP) associated with the financial services company;
- and detecting when the member is accessing the account access menu, and in response, transmitting a marketing material and a competitor comparison to the general-purpose email account of the member.
A method of providing consolidated account access, comprising:
- receiving an authentication request from a client computer associated with a member at a computer-implemented financial services company member login web page via a public packet-based network, the financial services company member login web page associated with a financial services company;
- authenticating the member by manipulating a set of semiconductor storage element components of a member communication engine associated with the financial services company member login web page;
- presenting an account access menu of accounts held by the member at a display device component of the client computer, the account access menu to include at least one financial account and at least one general-purpose email account, and the at least one general-purpose email account implemented using an internet service provider (ISP) associated with the financial services company;
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- detecting when the member is accessing the account access menu, and in response, transmitting a marketing material and a competitor comparison to the general-purpose email account of the member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.