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Routing of electronic messages using a routing map and a stateful script engine

  • US 7,305,488 B2
  • Filed: 07/11/2003
  • Issued: 12/04/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a messaging system, a method of defining a route for sequentially distributing an electronic message to a plurality of recipients in series, one after the other, the method comprising the steps of:

  • generating a routing map, the routing map comprising a low-level description of a route of the electronic message and defining a series of operations that, when executed, result in the electronic message being sequentially distributed to the plurality of recipients in a series specified by the routing map, one after the other in a designated order; and

    referencing a plurality of executable scripts in the routing map and associating the plurality of executable scripts with the series of operations of the routing map, wherein the plurality of executable scripts are stored separately from the routing map and are called when a corresponding portion of the route of the electronic message is executed, each referenced executable script, when executed, performing one or more of the series of operations defined by the routing map.

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