Triggering email/PIM events based on SMS headers and content
AssigneeSBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorMark Roche
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Abstract
A message composed by a user using a computer is stored in a computer-readable medium. The message is associated with a distribution list of one or more intended recipients of the message, and an identifier is associated with the message. An SMS message is received in an inbox of the computer. The SMS message is composed using an SMS-capable wireless device, and has a user-entered header. The user-entered header matching the identifier triggers sending of the message to the one or more intended recipients on the distribution list.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- storing, in a computer-readable medium, a first message composed by a user using a computer;
- associating the first message with a first distribution list of one or more intended recipients of the first message;
- associating the first message with a first identifier;
- receiving a first SMS message in an inbox of the computer, the first SMS message composed using an SMS-capable wireless device, the first SMS message having a first user-entered header, wherein the first message is stored before the first SMS message is received;
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- when the first user-entered header matches the first identifier, sending the first message to the one or more intended recipients on the first distribution list.
A system comprising:
- a computer-readable medium which stores a first message composed by a user using a computer, an associated first distribution list of one or more intended recipients of the first message, and a first identifier associated with the first message;
- an inbox to receive a first SMS message from an SMS-capable wireless device, the first SMS message having a first user-entered header, wherein the computer-readable medium stores the first message before the inbox receives the first SMS message;
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- a header-dependent message selector responsive to the inbox to send the first message to the one or more intended recipients on the first distribution list when the first user-entered header matches the first identifier.
A computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code to cause a computer to perform acts comprising:
- storing a first message composed by a user using the computer;
- associating the first message with a first distribution list of one or more intended recipients;
- associating the first message with a first identifier;
- receiving a first SMS message at the computer, the first SMS message composed using an SMS-capable wireless device, the first SMS message having a first user-entered header, wherein the first message is stored before the first SMS message is received;
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- based on the first user-entered header matching the first identifier, sending the first message to the one or more intended recipients on the first distribution list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.