Apparatus and method for implementing a multimedia distribution list

• US 20050083915A1
• Filed: 08/30/2004
• Published: 04/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Catalystweb LLC
• Original Assignee: Catalystweb LLC
• Inventors: Mathew, Boban, John, Thomas, Evans, Dagny
• Application Number:
  US10/930,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20050083915A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A system is described for providing multi-media notifications comprising: a multimedia distribution list for storing destination addresses for a plurality of recipients, the destinations identified by the addresses including destinations from a variety of different communication media types, the media types including both electronic messaging types and voice-based message types; and multimedia message processing logic for distributing a single message over a plurality of the different media types responsive to the multimedia distribution list.

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