# US 11,908,556 B2 · Messaging protocol > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,908,556 B2 - Document ID: US11908556B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/443,550 - Filed: 2021-07-27 - Published: 2021-11-18 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-28 - Assignees: Cerner Innovation, Inc. - Applicants: Cerner Innovation, Inc. - Inventors: Christopher Dillard Cline; Aravind R. Mereddi; Joel Robert Norton; Scott Gordon Siebers - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11908556B2 ## CPC - G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - G06F 21/606: {by securing the transmission between two devices or processes} - G06F 21/6245: {Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes} - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - H04L 51/226: Delivery according to priorities - H04L 51/48: Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases - H04L 63/04: {for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - H04L 67/54: Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Systems and methods provide for implementation of a messaging protocol that provides security necessary for clinical messaging while also providing scalability needed to properly function within a clinical setting. The messaging protocol provides for federation of messages across messaging domains with a direct target address or via a role or group endpoint address that resolves to one or more target addresses. The messaging protocol also provides the ability to include content other than text in messages. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer system, comprising one or more hardware processors configured to initiate a plurality of operations, the operations comprising: detecting a request to transmit a message including clinically relevant information identified from one or more electronic medical records to a role associated with a destination, wherein the destination is within a separate domain and a target endpoint address of the destination is unknown; identifying an intended target associated with the role and with a delay criteria; generating a first transmission for the intended target without the target endpoint address, wherein the first transmission is associated with a delivery identifier indicating that the first transmission can be delayed; delaying the first transmission based on the delay criteria; and upon expiration of a predetermined time period, identifying an absence of the delay criteria and transmitting the first transmission. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: in response to identifying the absence of the delay criteria, communicating the first transmission to the intended target. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computer system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise causing display of a notification on a user device associated with the intended target. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The computer system of claim 3, wherein the notification comprises a selectable acknowledgement request. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The computer system of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise receiving an indication that the selectable acknowledgement request has been selected. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The computer system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a second transmission to the intended target in response to expiration of a predetermined amount of time. ### Claim 7 A method, comprising: detecting, via at least one processor, a request to transmit a message including clinically relevant information identified from one or more electronic medical records to a role associated with a destination, wherein the destination is within a separate domain and a target endpoint address of the destination is unknown; identifying an intended target associated with the role and with a delay criteria; generating a first transmission for the intended target without the target endpoint address, wherein the first transmission is associated with a delivery identifier indicating that the first transmission can be delayed; delaying the first transmission based on the delay criteria; and upon expiration of a predetermined time period, identifying an absence of the delay criteria and transmitting, via the at least one processor, the first transmission. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the separate domain is associated with a physical location. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising detecting a user device within a physical proximity of the physical location. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising linking the user device to the role based on the physical proximity. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: in response to identifying the absence of the delay criteria, transmitting the first transmission to the user device linked to the role. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting a second transmission to the intended target in response to expiration of a predetermined amount of time. ### Claim 13 One or more non-transitory media having instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause initiation of operations comprising: detecting a request to transmit a message including clinically relevant information identified from one or more electronic medical records to a role associated with a destination, wherein the destination is within a separate domain and a target endpoint address of the destination is unknown; identifying an intended target associated with the role and with a delay criteria; generating a first transmission for the intended target without the target endpoint address, wherein the first transmission is associated with a delivery identifier indicating that the first transmission can be delayed; delaying the first transmission based on the delay criteria; and upon expiration of a predetermined time period, identifying an absence of the delay criteria and transmitting the first transmission. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The one or more non-transitory media of claim 13, wherein the target endpoint address includes at least one of a phone number or an email address. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The one or more non-transitory media of claim 13, wherein the separate domain is associated with at least one sub-domain. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The one or more non-transitory media of claim 15, wherein the intended target corresponds to a set of individuals associated with the at least one sub-domain. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The one or more non-transitory media of claim 13, wherein the separate domain is associated with a domain lookup table. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The one or more non-transitory media of claim 13, wherein the separate domain includes a parent domain. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The one or more non-transitory media of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise: in response to identifying the absence of the delay criteria, transmitting the first transmission to the intended target. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The one or more non-transitory media of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise: transmitting a second transmission to the intended target in response to expiration of a predetermined amount of time.