E-MAIL CONTAINING LIVE CONTENT
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Abstract
A system for introducing live content into an electronic mail message comprising at least one dynamic live content area sent through an e-mail service provider system comprises memory and a click manager. The memory includes live content comprising image data and expiration data. The click manager receives an indication of the opening of the message by a recipient, wherein the click manager accesses the memory to retrieve live content and send the retrieved live content for rendering in the dynamic live content area of the e-mail message opened by the one of the plurality of recipients.
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59 Claims
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40. A system for introducing live content into an electronic mail message, the system comprising:
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an e-mail service provider system configured to receive one or more electronic mail messages and programmed and configured to; identify a plurality of recipients, each of the plurality of recipients having at least one attribute associated therewith; and send the one or more electronic mail messages to the plurality of recipients; memory including live content comprising image data and expiration data; and a manager that receives an indication of the opening of the one or more messages by at least one recipient, wherein the manager retrieves live content from the memory based upon the at least one attribute of the at least one recipient and sends the retrieved live content for rendering in the dynamic live content area of the one or more electronic mail messages opened by the one of the plurality of recipients. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A system for generating and sending electronic mail containing live dynamic content, the system comprising:
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a first remote device for creating an e-mail message, the e-mail message comprising at least one dynamic live content area; memory including live content comprising image data and expiration data; and an e-mail provider system communicatively coupled to the first remote device and to the memory and programmed and configured to; identify a plurality of recipients, each of the plurality of recipients having at least one attribute associated therewith; send the e-mail message to the plurality of recipients; determine that the sent e-mail message has been opened by one of the plurality of recipients; and upon determining that the sent e-mail message has been opened by the one of the plurality of recipients, retrieve live content from the memory based upon the at least one attribute associated with the one of the plurality of recipients and render the retrieved live content in the dynamic live content area of the e-mail message opened by the one of the plurality of recipients. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method for generating and sending electronic mail containing live dynamic content, the method comprising:
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providing a first remote device configured to create an e-mail message, memory including live content comprising image data and expiration data, and an e-mail provider system communicatively coupled to the first remote device and to the memory; creating an e-mail message having at least one dynamic live content area using the first remote device; identifying a plurality of recipients, each of the plurality of recipients having at least one attribute associated therewith; sending the e-mail message to the plurality of recipients; determining that the e-mail message has been opened by one of the plurality of recipients; and upon determining that the e-mail message has been opened by the one of the plurality of recipients, retrieving live content from the memory based upon the at least one attribute associated with the one of the plurality of recipients and rendering the retrieved live content in the at least one dynamic live content area of the e-mail message opened by the one of the plurality of recipients. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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