Messaging system

• US 20050075094A1
• Filed: 12/14/2002
• Published: 04/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SPL Innotech Pte Limited
• Original Assignee: SPL Innotech Pte Limited
• Inventors: Kundetkar, Nandan Vinayakrao
• Application Number:
  US10/498,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20050075094A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A messaging system wherein upon a message being received at a receiver'"'"'s machine, the message is displayed on a screen of the receiver'"'"'s machine. The receiver'"'"'s machine is given a unique machine identity, and each user of the receiver'"'"'s machine is given a unique user'"'"'s identity. For each messaging event occuring, a date and time of that messaging record is recorded.

Claims

1. A messaging system with a user of each receiver machine being given a unique user identity, each receiver machine being given a unique machine identity, wherein a profile data of each user is recorded and stored on a database, the profile data including at least one characteristic data, and wherein broadcast messages are able to be sent to a plurality of users having a common characteristic data and upon a message being received at a receiver'"'"'s machine, the message is able to be displayed on a screen of the receiver'"'"'s machine.

2. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic data includes one or more selected from the group consisting of:

age, race, religion, citizenship, residential status, sex, occupation, languages spoken, location of residence, type of residence, educational or other qualifications held, location of work, employer, interests, credit cards held, hobbies, and memberships.

3. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message is displayed in pop-up format.

4. A messaging system as claimed claim 1, wherein the message is displayed in minimized format.

5. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message is displayed in icon-form.

6. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message is displayed in a zone forming part only of the screen.

7. A messaging system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the zone is not partitioned from a remainder of the screen.

8. A messaging system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the zone is partitioned from a remainder of the screen.

9. A messaging system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the partitioning is only for as long as the message is displayed.

10. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message is displayed on a full screen over any other application on the receiver'"'"'s machine.

11. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message is displayed according to one or more factors selected from the group consisting of:

area of display, location of display, time of commencement of display, duration of display, and zone of the display

12. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display is determined by one or more selected from the group consisting of:

a sender, a server, the receiver, the message content, the message nature.

13. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message is displayed without user activation being required.

14. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein for the user to view the message, user activation is required.

15. A messaging system as claimed in claim 14, wherein user activation is a single click.

16. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein from time to time the receiver'"'"'s machine sends its unique machine identity to a remote server.

17. A messaging system as claimed in claim 16, wherein upon receiving the unique machine identity, the remote server searches a database for messages for the receiver'"'"'s machine, the search being conducted using the unique machine identity, recovers any messages for the receiver'"'"'s machine that are not user-specific, and sends these messages to the receiver'"'"'s machine.

18. A messaging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein from time-to-time the unique user'"'"'s identity is sent to a remote server.

19. A messaging system as claimed in claim 18, wherein upon receiving the unique user'"'"'s identity the remote server searches a database for messages for the user, the search being conducted using user'"'"'s identity, recovers any messages for the user, and sends those messages to the receiver'"'"'s machine.

20. A computer usable medium comprising a computer program code that is configured to cause a processor to execute one or one of the steps as defined in claim 1.

21. Apparatus including one or more computer means for performing corresponding one or more functions as defined in claim 1.

22-38. -38. (Cancelled)