US 8,301,701 B2 · Creating dynamic interactive alert messages based on extensible document definitions

Abstract

An unsolicited dynamic interactive message is created wherein the message defines any graphical user interface elements to be displayed, the rules associated with the message, the appropriate methods and functions which can be performed and specific contextual interactions supported. The message definition can originate from a local or remote computer and can be pre and post processed as specified by the computing environment and the message definition itself.

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Dependent claims

A method for creating a message at a first computer system for display on a second computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

initiating a request for a GUI message in response to an event wherein the event and the initiating of the request are external to the second computer system wherein said message is a notification of said event;
defining GUI message attributes;
defining GUI message functionality;
creating the message at the first computer system, the message comprising message content including an alert message, the GUI message attributes and the GUI message functionality such that the message includes aspects of how the second computer system is to display the message content;
and
in response to the request, transmitting the message from the first computer system to a group of computer systems wherein the group of computer systems comprises the second computer system, each computer system in said group of computer systems subscribing to messages from said first computer, each computer system in said group of computer systems extracting from said message, said attributes and functionality to instruct said each computer system how to display the user interactive GUI representation at said each computer system, the display of the message under individual control of each computer system in said group of computer systems;
and
filtering the message by a filter in each computer system in said group of computer systems, each filter for filtering for keywords of interest to the respective other computer system such that the message would have to contain the keywords of interest before the respective computer system sees the message and messages not containing the keywords are blocked by said filter from being seen by said respective computer system.

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A method for presenting a message received from a first computer system for display on a second computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

subscribing by said second computer system, to messages from said first computer system;
receiving the message from the first computer system at the second computer system wherein the message includes an alert message of an event wherein the event is external to the second computer system, said message including aspects of how the second computer system is to display the message, the display of the message under individual control of the second computer system;
decoding the message at the second computer system, the decoding resulting in a format suitable for processing on second computer system;
extracting said aspects including attributes, functionality and content from the message at the second computer system to instruct said second computer system how to display the user interactive GUI representation;
creating a user interactive GUI representation at the second computer system, the user interactive GUI representation comprising one or more user input functions, the user input function selectable by a user, the interactive GUI representation further comprising attributes, content and functionality defined by the extracted attributes, content and functionality of the message;
filtering the message by a filter in said second computer system, said filter for filtering for keywords of interest to the second computer system such that the message would have to contain the keywords of interest before the second computer system sees the message and messages not containing the keywords are blocked by said filter from being seen by said second computer system;
and
displaying the user interactive GUI representation seen at the second computer system.

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A system for creating a message at a first computer system for display on a second computer system, the system comprising:

a network;
the second computer system in communication with the network;
the first computer system in communication with the network, wherein the first computer system includes storage for storing computer instructions to execute a method comprising:
initiating a request for a GUI message in response to an event wherein the event and the initiating of the request are external to the second computer system wherein said message is a notification of said event;
defining GUI message attributes;
defining GUI message functionality;
creating the message at the first computer system, the message comprising message content including an alert message, the GUI message attributes and the GUI message functionality such that the message includes aspects of how the second computer system is to display the message content;
and
in response to the request, transmitting the message from the first computer system to a group of computer systems wherein the group of computer systems comprises the second computer system, each computer system in said group of computer systems subscribing to messages from said first computer, each computer system in said group of computer systems extracting from said message, said attributes and functionality to instruct said each computer system how to display the user interactive GUI representation at said each computer system, the display of the message under individual control of the second computer system such that the display of the message at the second computer system is determined by a user of the second computer system, and the message content defines a problem;
a filter in each computer system in said group of computer systems for filtering the problem defined in said message, each filter for filtering for keywords of interest to the respective other computer system such that the message would have to contain the keywords of interest before the respective computer system sees the message and messages not containing the keywords are blocked by said filter from being seen by said respective computer system.

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A system for presenting a message received from a first computer system for display on a second computer system, the system comprising:

a network;
the first computer system in communication with the network;
the second computer system in communication with the network, wherein the second computer system includes storage for storing computer instructions to execute a method comprising:
subscribing by said second computer system, to messages from said first computer system;
receiving the message from the first computer system at the second computer system wherein the message includes an alert message of an event wherein the event is external to the second computer system, said message including aspects of how the second computer system is to display the message, the display of the message under individual control of the second computer system;
decoding the message at the second computer system, the decoding resulting in a format suitable for processing on second computer system;
extracting said aspects including attributes, functionality and content from the message at the second computer system to instruct said second computer system how to display the user interactive GUI representation;
creating a user interactive GUI representation at the second computer system, the user interactive GUI representation comprising one or more user input functions, the user input function selectable by a user, the interactive GUI representation further comprising attributes, content and functionality defined by the extracted attributes, content and functionality of the message;
filtering the message by a filter in said second computer system, said filter for filtering for keywords of interest to the second computer system such that the message would have to contain the keywords of interest before the second computer system sees the message and messages not containing the keywords are blocked by said filter from being seen by said second computer system;
and
displaying the user interactive GUI representation seen at the second computer system.

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A computer program product for creating a message at a first computer system for display on a second computer system, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
initiating a request for a GUI message in response to an event wherein the event and the initiating of the request are external to the second computer system wherein said message is a notification of said event;
defining GUI message attributes;
defining GUI message functionality;
creating the message at the first computer system, the message comprising message content including an alert message, the GUI message attributes and the GUI message functionality such that the message includes aspects of how the second computer system is to display the message content;
in response to the request, transmitting the message from the first computer system to a group of computer systems wherein the group of computer systems comprises the second computer system, each computer system in said group of computer systems subscribing to messages from said first computer, each computer system in said group of computer systems extracting from said message, said attributes and functionality to instruct said each computer system how to display the user interactive GUI representation at said each computer system, the display of the message under individual control of each computer system in said group of computer systems;
and
filtering the message by a filter in each computer system in said group of computer systems, each filter for filtering for keywords of interest to the respective other computer system such that the message would have to contain the keywords of interest before the respective computer system sees the message and messages not containing the keywords are blocked by said filter from being seen by said respective computer system.

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A computer program product recorded on a non-transitory computer readable medium for presenting a message received from a first computer system for display on a second computer system, the computer program product comprising:

subscribing by said second computer system, to messages from said first computer system;
receiving the message from the first computer system at the second computer system wherein the message includes an alert message of an event wherein the event is external to the second computer system, said message including aspects of how the second computer system is to display the message, the display of the message under individual control of the second computer system:
decoding the message at the second computer system, the decoding resulting in a format suitable for processing on second computer system;
extracting said aspects including attributes, functionality and content from the message at the second computer system to instruct said second computer system how to display the user interactive GUI representation;
creating a user interactive GUI representation at the second computer system, the user interactive GUI representation comprising one or more user input functions, the user input function selectable by a user, the interactive GUI representation further comprising attributes, content and functionality defined by the extracted attributes, content and functionality of the message;
filtering the message by a filter in the second computer system, said filter for filtering for keywords of interest to the second computer system such that the message would have to contain the keywords of interest before the second computer system sees the message and messages not containing the keywords are blocked by said filter from being seen by said second computer system;
and
displaying the user interactive GUI representation seen at the second computer system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description13,588 words

Summary3,392 words

#A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.

#Computer program listings incorporated herein by reference are submitted herewith on one compact disk (Copy 1) and one duplicate compact disk (Copy 2) as follows:

#Disk one of one:

Brief description of the drawings28 figures

#The subject matter which is regarded as the invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the claims at the conclusion of the specification. The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the invention are apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

#FIG. 1 is a diagram depicting a prior art computer;

#FIG. 2 is a diagram of user computers interconnected in an Internet network;

Detailed description9,830 words

#The present invention is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/207,711 “INTERACTIVE FILTERING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES RECEIVED FROM A PUBLICATION/SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE” assigned to IBM, filed Jul. 26, 2003 which application is incorporated herein by reference.

#Referring to FIG. 3 a pub/sub system is made up of a Content Provider application (Service) 301-303, the Subscriber (Client) 305-306, and the Pub-Sub Service 304. Applications may implement one or more of these roles. The content provider 301-303 generates content for distribution through the pub/sub system 300. Content providers 301-303 send structured content to one or more instances of the pub/sub service 304. The subscriber 305-306 sends subscription requests 307 to an instance of the pub/sub service 304 and, subject to acceptance of a particular subscription request, receives content 308 from the pub/sub service. The actual content received will be determined by the subscription and the message selection process.

#The pub/sub service 304 acts as both a subscription manager 310 and a content distribution agent 311. Applications implementing the pub/sub service role 304 accept subscription requests 307 from subscribers 305 and, subject to any applicable authentication or access control policies, accept or reject subscription requests; and distribute content 308 to valid subscribers 305.

Facts

Application

10/685,860Filed 15 Oct 2003 · continuation in part

Priority

26 Jul 2002

Published

US 2004/0019637 A11 Jul 2004

Granted

30 Oct 2012

Term ended

10 May 2025

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 1,019 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification6 codes

H04L 51/02
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: using…
H04L 51/04
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: real-time or…
H04L 63/104
For controlling access to devices or network resources: grouping of entities
H04L 51/212
Monitoring or handling of messages: using filtering or selective blocking

Family

Application10/207,685Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 26 Jul 2002

US 2004/0128353 A1Pre-grant publication · published 1 Jul 2004

US 2004/0019637 A1Published application

US 9,124,447 B2Related patent

US 8,301,701 B2This patent

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Timeline

26 Jul 2002Priority claimedParent application 10/207,685
15 Oct 2003Application filedUS 10/685,860
15 Oct 2003Assigned to International Business Machines Corporationassignment of assignor's interest
1 Jul 2004PublishedUS 2004/0019637 A1
30 Oct 2012GrantedUS 8,301,701 B2
10 May 2025Term endedEstimated, includes 1,019 days of adjustment

Creating dynamic interactive alert messages based on extensible document definitions

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Description13,588 words

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