Reconfiguring an electronic message to effect an enhanced notification
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorsBarry Appelman, Muhammad Mohsin Hussain
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Abstract
An electronic message may be reconfigured to effect an enhanced notification using an input interface to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient. A matching engine determines whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined definition of an enhanced notification. An enhancement engine reconfigures the electronic message to the enhanced notification if stored information related to the intended recipient indicates that the intended recipient is subscribed to receive the enhanced notification. Reconfiguring the electronic message may include reconfiguring the message to provide special handling, routing or presentation.
Claims49
A notification system that reconfigures an electronic message to effect an enhanced notification, the system comprising:
- an input interface configured to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient;
- a matching engine configured to determine whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined definition of an enhanced notification;
- a user information store configured to store information related to the intended recipient;
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- an enhancement engine configured to reconfigure the electronic message to the enhanced notification if the information of the user information store indicates that the intended recipient is subscribed to receive the enhanced notification.
A method of reconfiguring an electronic message to effect an enhanced notification, the method comprising:
- receiving an electronic message of a first type;
- detecting at least one of a message source, a message destination, and message content characteristics;
- accessing criteria that is stored and related to at least one of message source, message destination, and message content characteristics;
- evaluating whether or not to reconfigure the electronic message as a second type message based on at least one of the message source, the message destination, and the message content characteristics determined;
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- reconfiguring the electronic message when one of the message source, the message destination and the message content characteristics match the accessed criteria.
A computer program stored on a computer readable medium or a propagated signal for reconfiguring an electronic message to effect an enhanced notification, the computer program comprising:
- an input code segment that causes a computer to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient;
- a matching code segment that causes the computer to determine whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined definition of an enhanced notification;
- a storage code segment that causes the computer to store information related to the intended recipient;
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- an enhancement code segment that causes the computer to reconfigure the electronic message to the enhanced notification if the information related to the intended recipient indicates that the intended recipient is subscribed to receive the enhanced notification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.