Systems and Methods for Sending an Electronic Mail Communication at a Selected Time Based on the Recipient's Time Zone
First Claim
1. A method for sending an electronic mail message (email) so that a recipient receives the email at a selected time in the recipient'"'"'s time zone, comprising:
- receiving an instruction to send an email to a recipient for receipt at a selected time where the time zone of the recipient is unknown;
obtaining information about the recipient to determine the unknown time zone;
using the obtained information to determine the unknown time zone; and
transmitting the email to the recipient so the recipient receives the email at the selected time in the determined time zone.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for sending an email so recipients receive it at a selected time in respective time zones. Information about recipients may determine times zones. Information may include zip code, IP address, or identification of a server or service provider serving a recipient. Information may be based on a recipient'"'"'s activity such as determination of a time zone in which more emails are received than any other, or having a highest weighted average (based on frequency of email receipt and recent history). The email is sent so recipients receive it at the selected time in the respective time zone. Recipients may be grouped by time zones. After sending the email to the recipients, open/click rates of the email by the recipients by the determined time zones may be determined and displayed on a time zone map.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for sending an electronic mail message (email) so that a recipient receives the email at a selected time in the recipient'"'"'s time zone, comprising:
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receiving an instruction to send an email to a recipient for receipt at a selected time where the time zone of the recipient is unknown; obtaining information about the recipient to determine the unknown time zone; using the obtained information to determine the unknown time zone; and transmitting the email to the recipient so the recipient receives the email at the selected time in the determined time zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method to deliver an email so recipients receive the email at a selected time according to their respective time zones, comprising:
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obtaining information about each of the recipients; using the obtained information to determine respectively a time zone for as many recipients as possible; if a time zone cannot be determined for a recipient, selecting a default time zone for that recipient; and sending the email to the recipients so the recipients receive the email at the selected time according to their respectively determined time zones or to the default time zone. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method to increase likelihood of a recipient opening an email, comprising:
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receiving a time determined to be most likely at which the recipient is going to open the email; determining a time zone for the recipient; and transmitting the email to the recipient at the determined time according to the determined time zone of the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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