Embedding Variable Fields in Individual Email Messages Sent via a Web-Based Graphical User Interface
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a web-based graphical user interface to a remote user operating a remote computer, wherein said web-based graphical user interface is configured to send electronic messages and said web-based graphical user interface comprises an element for selecting an option for sending individual electronic messages to multiple recipients in visible fields, wherein said web-based graphical user interface is achieved by a first computer-readable code on a server computer and by a second computer-readable code on said remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network,b) obtaining from said remote computer a set of data via said web-based graphical user interface, wherein said set of data comprises a list of two or more recipients in visible fields, a message subject and/or a message body, and an indicator that said option for sending individual electronic messages to multiple recipients in visible fields was selected, and wherein said message subject and/or said message body contain one or more markups indicating variable fields,c) generating individual electronic messages to each recipient in said list of two or more recipients in visible fields, wherein said one or more markups indicating variable fields are substituted with a recipient'"'"'s information, andd) transmitting said individual electronic messages via said computer network.
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Abstract
Method and system of present invention provide a web-based graphical user interface to a remote user for sending electronic messages, where the interface comprises an element for selecting an option for sending individual electronic messages to multiple recipients in visible fields (“to” and “cc”), obtain a set of data, comprising a list of two or more recipients in visible fields, a message subject and/or a message body, where the message subject and/or the message body contain a markup indicating variable field, and generate and transmit individual electronic messages.
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a web-based graphical user interface to a remote user operating a remote computer, wherein said web-based graphical user interface is configured to send electronic messages and said web-based graphical user interface comprises an element for selecting an option for sending individual electronic messages to multiple recipients in visible fields, wherein said web-based graphical user interface is achieved by a first computer-readable code on a server computer and by a second computer-readable code on said remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network, b) obtaining from said remote computer a set of data via said web-based graphical user interface, wherein said set of data comprises a list of two or more recipients in visible fields, a message subject and/or a message body, and an indicator that said option for sending individual electronic messages to multiple recipients in visible fields was selected, and wherein said message subject and/or said message body contain one or more markups indicating variable fields, c) generating individual electronic messages to each recipient in said list of two or more recipients in visible fields, wherein said one or more markups indicating variable fields are substituted with a recipient'"'"'s information, and d) transmitting said individual electronic messages via said computer network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system, comprising:
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a) means for providing a web-based graphical user interface to a remote user operating a remote computer, wherein said web-based graphical user interface is configured to send electronic messages and said web-based graphical user interface comprises an element for selecting an option for sending individual electronic messages to multiple recipients in visible fields, wherein said web-based graphical user interface is achieved by a first computer-readable code on a server computer and by a second computer-readable code on said remote computer, and wherein said server computer and said remote computer are communicatively connected via a computer network, b) means for obtaining from said remote computer a set of data via said web-based graphical user interface, wherein said set of data comprises a list of two or more recipients in visible fields, a message subject and/or a message body, and an indicator that said option for sending individual electronic messages to multiple recipients in visible fields was selected, and wherein said message subject and/or said message body contain one or more markups indicating variable fields, c) means for generating individual electronic messages to each recipient in said list of two or more recipients in visible fields, wherein said one or more markups indicating variable fields are substituted with a recipient'"'"'s information, and d) means for transmitting said individual electronic messages via said computer network. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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