Electronic short messaging and advertising method and means
First Claim
1. An electronic short messaging method for sending transmissions to at least one subscriber terminal via the Internet and/or the telephony network, comprising the steps of;
- sending a first transmission to a recipient subscriber terminal for display, said first transmission defining two active alternatives;
a first alternative for further action and a second alternative for deleting the transmission, wherein unless the first alternative is selected said first transmission defines automatic deletion after reception after a predefined time period.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electronic short messaging and advertising method and means. In particular the invention relates to an electronic advertising method, where minimal initiative is required from the consumer. Some embodiments of the invention may also be applied to an electronic sales method. The invention may be applied for normal short messaging also. The electronic short messaging and advertising method comprises at least one subscriber terminal and uses the Internet and/or the telephony network. With the method in accordance with the invention the recipient can receive advertisements or other short messages with the shortest manipulation time possible. No navigation, browsing of inboxes, copying and/or pasting of telephone numbers needs to be done. The user is shown the message automatically, and he may delete it or receive further information on it with one single press of a dedicated key.
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18 Claims
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1. An electronic short messaging method for sending transmissions to at least one subscriber terminal via the Internet and/or the telephony network, comprising the steps of;
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sending a first transmission to a recipient subscriber terminal for display, said first transmission defining two active alternatives;
a first alternative for further action and a second alternative for deleting the transmission,wherein unless the first alternative is selected said first transmission defines automatic deletion after reception after a predefined time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic short messaging device, comprising
means for communicating using at least one packet switched connection and/or telephony network connection, at least one display, and associated software that is arranged to identify incoming transmissions and display the content or some parts of the content to the display directly and/or at predetermined intervals, first ones of the incoming transmissions defining two alternatives: - a first alternative for further action and a second alternative for deleting the respective first incoming transmission, wherein unless the first alternative for further action is selected the associated software is arranged to automatically delete the respective first incoming transmission, as defined in the respective first incoming transmission, after a predefined time period after reception.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. Software program product embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising:
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program code means for recognising a first transmission, program code means for displaying a bioptional message in the first transmission on the terminal display, the bioptional message defining two active alternatives, a first alternative for further action and a second alternative for deleting the first transmission, program code means for initiating proceedings in response to selection of the first alternative by a user, and program code means for automatically removing the first transmission from display after reception after a predefined time period. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. An electronic short messaging method for receiving transmissions by a recipient subscriber terminal using the Internet and/or the telephony network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first transmission at the recipient subscriber terminal for display, said first transmission defining two active alternatives, a first alternative for further action and a second alternative for deleting the transmission, wherein unless the first alternative is selected said first transmission defines an automatic deletion after reception after a predefined time period.
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