TRI-STATE PRESENCE INDICATOR
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Abstract
Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data between users of a communication system by delivering an e-mail message from a sender to at least one recipient and indicating the online state of at least one of the sender and any other recipient of the e-mail message upon opening of the e-mail message by the recipient.
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Citations
50 Claims
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1-26. -26. (canceled)
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27. A communications method for transferring electronic data between users of a communications system, the method comprising:
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receiving electronic data from a sender that is addressed to one or more intended recipients; determining, using at least one processor, one or more attributes of the electronic data; storing, in at least one database, the one or more determined attributes; and configuring, based on the one or more determined attributes, an alternate communication scheme between the sender and the one or more intended recipients, the alternate communication scheme comprising an electronic messaging system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for transferring electronic data between users of a communications system, the instructions being executable by at least one processor to perform steps comprising:
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receiving electronic data from a sender that is addressed to one or more intended recipients; determining one or more attributes of the electronic data; storing, in at least one database, the one or more determined attributes; configuring, based on the one or more determined attributes, an alternate communication scheme between the sender and the one or more intended recipients, the alternate communication scheme comprising an electronic messaging system. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A communications apparatus for transferring electronic data between users of a communications system, the apparatus comprising:
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a storage medium that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor that executes the instructions to; receive electronic data from a sender that is addressed to one or more intended recipients; determine one or more attributes of the electronic data; and configure, based on the one or more determined attributes, an alternate communication scheme between the sender and the one or more intended recipients, the alternate communication scheme comprising an electronic messaging system. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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