System and method for originating, storing, processing and delivering message data

• US 7,054,863 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2002
• Issued: 05/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: TeamConnect, LLC
• Original Assignee: Pacific Datavision Incorporated
• Inventors: Lasensky, Peter Joel, Fehrenbach, Mark Everett, Rohmann, Richard Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Wassum, Luke S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Black, Linh
• Application Number:
  US10/174,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20020161775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,441 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1-1041
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

A system for originating, storing, processing and delivering data includes a transmission device, a server system, and a recipient connected by various networks. According to one method, the transmission device employing a simple transmit action transmits a message along with metadata to a receiver connected with the server system. Particular metadata are mapped to an address identifier associated with the receiver to determine a location for storing the message, as well as other parameters such as information relating to one or more intended recipients. An intended recipient is notified of an accessible message via e-mail, and can access a copy of the message via a web browser served a web page by the server system.

Claims

1. A method of originating and delivering a message, comprising:

under the control of a transmission device;

selecting an address identifier associated with a server system, and

in response to a single transmit action, transmitting a message intended for an intended recipient, along with a sender identifier related to a transmission device, to the saver system using the address identifier; and

under control of the server system;

receiving the message, and

determining a recipient identifier of the intended recipient based on a combination of the address identifier and sender identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying information identifying the at least one intended recipient.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a transmission device identifier based on the sender identifier.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining a project file identifier based on the combination of the address identifier and the transmission device identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving previously stored additional information for the intended recipient based on the recipient identifier.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the additional information includes an e-mail address of the intended recipient.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising relaying the message to the intended recipient based on the recipient identifier.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising relaying the message to the intended recipient based on the e-mail address.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending a mail message to the e-mail address of the intended recipient, wherein the mail message includes a reference to the message being relayed.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein relaying the message includes serving the message to a player program in a web browser associated with the intended recipient.

11. A method of storing, processing and delivering message data, comprising:

receiving a message from a transmission device at a receiver address having a receiver identifier; and

determining a recipient identifier of an intended recipient of the message based on a combination of the receiver identifier and an identifier associated with a sender of the message received along with the message.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifier associated with a sender of the message includes a device identifier of the transmission device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifier associated with a sender of the message includes a user identifier of the sender.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing the message based on the recipient identifier.

15. A method of originating and storing a message from a transmission device, comprising:

selecting an identified recipient; and

in response to a transmit action by a sender, transmitting a message intended for the identified recipient, along with a sender identifier associated with the transmission device, over a network to a storage address connected wit the network via a receiver, wherein the storage address is selected based on a mapping of the sender identifier with a receiver identifier associated with the receiver.

16. A method of receiving and storing a message from a transmission device, comprising:

receiving, on a receiver, a message for an intended recipient over a network, along with a sender identifier associated with the transmission device;

mapping the sender identifier with a receiver identifier associated with the receiver to determine a storage address for the message.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising storing the message in a storage corresponding to the storage address.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising generating a notification for being sent to the intended recipient.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising determining a recipient address associated with the intended recipient based on the mapping of the sender identifier with the receiver identifier.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising storing the sender identifier and receiver identifier in a database as metadata related to the message.

21. A method of originating, storing, processing and delivering a mess age, comprising:

under control of a transmission device;

selecting an identified recipient; and

in response to a transmit action by a sender, transmitting a message intended for the identified recipient, along with a sender identifier associated with the transmission device, over a network to a storage address at a server system connected wit the network via a receiver, wherein the storage address is selected based on a mapping of the sender identifier with a receiver identifier associated with the receiver;

under control of the server system;

receiving, on a receiver, a message for an intended recipient over a network, along with a sender identifier associated with the transmission device;

mapping the sender identifier with a receiver identifier associated with the receiver to determine a storage address for the message.

22. A method of delivering a message over a network, comprising:

determining a recipient address of an intended recipient based on a mapping of a sender identifier of a sender which originated the message and a receiver identifier of a sewer system address at which the message was received; and

generating an electronic notification for being sent to the intended recipient at the recipient address.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising sending the electronic notification to the recipient address via e-mail.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising, after the electronic notification is sent to the recipient address, transmitting a copy of the message over the network to the intended recipient.

25. A system for originating, storing, processing and delivering messages, comprising:

a transmission device comprising a single transmit action input and configured to;

select a receive device identifier;

receive a spoken message,

generate a message comprising the spoken message and a transmission device identifier,

receive a single transmit action via the single transmit action input, and

transmit the generated message to a receive device associated with the selected receive device identifier over a first network in response to the received single transmit action;

a server system comprising a plurality of receive devices, each of the plurality of receive devices being associated with a receive device identifier, the server system configured to;

receive the message transmitted by the transmission device via one of the plurality of receive devices, the receive device being associated with the receive device identifier selected by the transmission device,

identify a recipient based on the combination of the transmission device identifier and the selected receive device identifier, and

send an email to the identified recipient over a second network containing the spoken message included in the received message; and

a recipient platform connected to the server system via the second network, the recipient platform configured to receive the email and allow the spoken message to be played for the recipient.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the first network includes a wireless link.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the server system includes a collector, a data center, and a server.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the collector includes the plurality of receivers configured to receive messages from the transmission device.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the collector further includes a processor connected to the plurality of receivers for processing the messages.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein the data center includes a storage for storing the messages.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the data center further includes a database for storing metadata related to the messages.

32. The system of claim 27, wherein the server includes a mail server for transmitting emails over the second network.

33. The system of claim 27, wherein the server includes a web server for retrieving a copy of a message, and transmitting the copy to the recipient platform in a web page.