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Automated system for messaging based on chains of relationships

  • US 6,829,333 B1
  • Filed: 01/31/2000
  • Issued: 12/07/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method in a messaging system of generating messages for delivery to recipients in response to events when specified conditions are met, comprising:

  • recording a plurality of message objects;

    recording a plurality of message recipients;

    accepting message registrations into a message criteria database, wherein each message registration defines a set of one or more message objects that are to be considered in response to a future event when the future event meets a message criteria associated with the message registration;

    detecting message events;

    for each detected message event, querying the message criteria database to identify at least one message registration with a message criteria satisfied by the detected message event, resulting in a message registration query result;

    for each detected message event, querying a relationship database, wherein the querying of the relationship database uses the message registration query result and a relationship database query result is usable to identify, using content from the relationship database including at least parent object and at least one child object, a chain of relationships from at least one message object or at least one message recipient in the message registration query result to a set of one or more message recipients comprising a message recipient set; and

    sending a message to each of the message recipients in the message recipient set following detection of the message events.

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