Computer based system for directing communications over electronic networks
First Claim
1. A method of communication over a network, said network including a plurality of user accessible stations comprising the steps of:
- providing application software for permitting communication between said stations, said application software including a graphic user interface for indicating communication data transfer at one of said stations, said application software permitting user selectable communication modes;
establishing a profile of each of said users selectable communication modes and communication data in response to inputs from said user,automatically ranking said user selectable communications modes and communication data in accordance with said profile,displaying said ranking through said graphic user interface at said another station, andselectively transferring communications data from one of said plurality of stations to another of said plurality of stations directed to at least one of a plurality of users in accordance with said ranking.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a system and method for communicating across an electronic communication network. The present invention permits a user of the electronic communication network to communicate with one or more other users of the electronic communication network. The software employed in such a system and method permits a user to select one or more individuals to whom communication is desired and/or one or more terminals to which communication is desired, enter a message, and send the message. The recipient or recipients of the message are defined on the network and are selectable at the sender'"'"'s terminal through a graphical user interface (GUI).
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59 Claims
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1. A method of communication over a network, said network including a plurality of user accessible stations comprising the steps of:
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providing application software for permitting communication between said stations, said application software including a graphic user interface for indicating communication data transfer at one of said stations, said application software permitting user selectable communication modes; establishing a profile of each of said users selectable communication modes and communication data in response to inputs from said user, automatically ranking said user selectable communications modes and communication data in accordance with said profile, displaying said ranking through said graphic user interface at said another station, and selectively transferring communications data from one of said plurality of stations to another of said plurality of stations directed to at least one of a plurality of users in accordance with said ranking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer communication system for transferring communication data among users on an electronic communication network comprising:
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a communication server a plurality of user accessible stations connected to said electronic communication network; application software configured to establish a profile for each of said users communication modes and communication data in response to inputs from said user, effect transfer of communication between said user accessible stations and said communication server; said application software further including a graphic user interface for indicating communication transfer to at least one said station, said application software further effecting automatic ranking and switching of selective communication modes in accordance with said profile, and said application software further configured to automatically selectively transfer a plurality of messages to one of said stations to at least one of a plurality of users through said selective communication modes. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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32. A computer system of clam 29 wherein said application software is configured to graphically represent the organizational and physical location of said user accessible stations.
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46. A computer communication system for communicating among users on an electronic communication network comprising:
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a plurality of user accessible stations connected to said electronic communication network; application software configured to effect transfer of communication data between said user accessible stations, said application software including a graphic user interface for indicating communication transfer to at least one said user accessible station, and further configured to provide selective communication modes, a profile of said selective communication modes and communication data for each of said users in response to inputs from said user, a ranking of said selective communication modes, and transfer of communication between said user accessible stations based on said ranking, and said application software further configured to allows any of said user accessible stations to dynamically accept the functionality of a communication server. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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