Method of distributing messages
First Claim
1. A method of distributing messages in a communications system, which method comprises:
- sending a message from a message originator to a message delivery node including information that identifies a first predefined recipient list stored in association with the message delivery node;
sending at least one logical operator with the message;
processing the first recipient list in the message delivery node according to at least one logical operator so as to provide a temporary second recipient list for delivery of the respective message; and
forwarding the message to the recipients of the temporary second recipient list.
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Abstract
A method of distributing messages in a communications system, in which method a message is sent (4-2) from a message originator (MS1 . . . MS5, WS1 . . . WS5) to a message delivery node (S1) including information that identifies a first predefined recipient list (LIST A . . . LISTX) stored in association with the message delivery node (S1). The method further comprises steps in which at least one logical operator is sent with the message; the first recipient list (LIST A . . . LISTX) is processed in the message delivery node (S1) according to at least one logical operator so as to provide a temporary second recipient list for delivery of the respective message; and the message is forwarded to the recipients of the temporary second recipient list.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of distributing messages in a communications system, which method comprises:
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sending a message from a message originator to a message delivery node including information that identifies a first predefined recipient list stored in association with the message delivery node;
sending at least one logical operator with the message;
processing the first recipient list in the message delivery node according to at least one logical operator so as to provide a temporary second recipient list for delivery of the respective message; and
forwarding the message to the recipients of the temporary second recipient list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6)
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4. A communications system for distributing messages, in which system a message is sent from a message originator to a message delivery node including information that identifies a first predefined recipient list stored in association with the message delivery node, wherein the communications system further includes:
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at least one logical operator which is sent with the message;
the first recipient list, which is processed in the message delivery node according to at least one logical operator so as to provide a temporary second recipient list for delivery of the respective message; and
the message which is forwarded to the recipients of the temporary second recipient list.
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5. A delivery node for distributing messages in a communications system, in which system a message delivery node is adapted to receive a message sent from a message originator, which message includes information identifying a first predefined recipient list stored in association with the message delivery node, wherein the delivery node is further adapted to process the first predefined recipient list according to at least one logical operator, which operator is sent with the message, so as to provide a temporary second recipient list for delivery of the respective message, and wherein the message is adapted to forward to the recipients of the temporary second recipient list.
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