Method and Apparatus for Automatic Notification and Response
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a message from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of potential paths, said method comprising:
- receiving a response from said at least one recipient to said message, andselecting at least one path in said communication flow based on content associated with said response.
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Abstract
A disclosed notification and response system enables applications to communicate with recipients using a number of different media. The notification and response system (i) sends requests to one or more recipients, using the medium specified by each individual recipient; (ii) collects and processes responses; and (iii) forwards the responses to their final destination by means of the medium specified by the final destination. Applications frame requests in at least one supported human language and media format, and the request is delivered to the appropriate recipient(s), according to their preferences. Communication flow expressions specify the recipients for a given request, and how, when and where each recipient shall receive the request. Requests are dynamically updated, and the parameters of a communication flow expression are not evaluated, until the request is delivered. Communication flow rules specify recipient'"'"'s communication preferences and tailor communication flows to characteristics of the sender, the topic or scheduling constraints. Communication flow expressions are evaluated using a three-valued logic: notification failure (maybe), response failure (false) and response success (true). Primitives specify simultaneous or sequential contact, and when execution of the sub-expression should terminate by defining a logical combination of success test results.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing a message from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of potential paths, said method comprising:
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receiving a response from said at least one recipient to said message, and selecting at least one path in said communication flow based on content associated with said response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for providing a message from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of potential paths, said system comprising:
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a memory that stores computer-readable code; and a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to implement said computer-readable code, said computer-readable code configured to; receive a response from said at least one recipient to said message; and select at least one path in said communication flow based on content associated with said response.
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22. A system for providing a message from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of potential paths, said system comprising:
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means for receiving a response from said at least one recipient to said message; and means for selecting at least one path in said communication flow based on content associated with said response.
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23. An article of manufacture for providing a message from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of potential paths, said article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable medium having computer readable code means embodied thereon, said computer readable program code means comprising; a step to receive a response from said at least one recipient to said message; and a step to select at least one path in said communication flow based on content associated with said response.
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