Intelligent agent based e-mail notification system
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an email, the email corresponding to a user profile, the user profile including one or more of a notification criteria, a user name, and a delivery vehicle list, wherein the notification criteria includes a sender name;
upon receiving the email, activating a notification agent to facilitate providing prioritized notification;
generating a notice corresponding to the email via the notification agent, wherein a name associated with the email matches the sender name of the notification criteria, wherein the notice is customized according to contents of the user profile and sent to a device associated with a user;
determining a delivery vehicle associated with a device from the delivery vehicle list, wherein the delivery vehicle includes one or more of Global System for Mobiles (GSM), Short Messaging Service (SMS), and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP);
if the device uses the SMTP, sending the customized notice corresponding to the email to the device via the SMTP; and
if the device does not use the SMTP and use the GSM, sending the customized notice corresponding to the email to the device via the SMS.
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Abstract
A method and a system for delivering a notice over a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mechanism creates a user profile database. After new information is obtained, a user profile from the user profile database is identified in response to the new information. Next, the method identifies a delivery mechanism in response to the user profile. A notice is delivered in response to the user profile.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an email, the email corresponding to a user profile, the user profile including one or more of a notification criteria, a user name, and a delivery vehicle list, wherein the notification criteria includes a sender name; upon receiving the email, activating a notification agent to facilitate providing prioritized notification; generating a notice corresponding to the email via the notification agent, wherein a name associated with the email matches the sender name of the notification criteria, wherein the notice is customized according to contents of the user profile and sent to a device associated with a user; determining a delivery vehicle associated with a device from the delivery vehicle list, wherein the delivery vehicle includes one or more of Global System for Mobiles (GSM), Short Messaging Service (SMS), and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP); if the device uses the SMTP, sending the customized notice corresponding to the email to the device via the SMTP; and if the device does not use the SMTP and use the GSM, sending the customized notice corresponding to the email to the device via the SMS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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a first server; a second server coupled to the first server, the second server to screen emails and send the emails to the first server; and a device coupled with the first server and the second server, the device to receive a customized notice from the first server, the first server having a storage medium to store a notification server agent and instructions to perform functions of the notification server agent via a processor, the processor coupled with the storage medium, the first server to receive an email from the second server, the email corresponding to a user profile, the user profile including one or more of a notification criteria, a user name, and a delivery vehicle list, wherein the notification criteria includes a sender name, upon receiving the email, activating a notification agent to facilitate providing prioritized notification; generate a notice corresponding to the email via the notification agent, wherein a name associated with the email matches the sender name of the notification criteria, wherein the notice is customized according to contents of the user profile and send to a device associated with a user, determine a delivery vehicle associated with a device from the delivery vehicle list, wherein the delivery vehicle includes one or more of Global System for Mobiles (GSM), Short Messaging Service (SMS), and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), if the device uses the SMTP, the first server to send the customized notice corresponding to the email to the device via the SMTP, and if the device does not use the SMTP and use the GSM, the first server to sending the customized notice corresponding to the email to the device via the SMS. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible medium having instructions which when executed cause a machine to:
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in response to receiving an email, the email corresponding to a user profile, the user profile including one or more of a notification criteria, the user name, and a delivery vehicle list, wherein the notification criteria includes a sender name; upon receiving the email, activating a notification agent to facilitate providing prioritized notification; generate a notice corresponding to the email via the notification agent, wherein a name associated with the email matches the sender name of the notification criteria, wherein the notice is customized according to contents of the user profile and sent to a device associated with a user; determine a delivery vehicle associated with a device from the delivery vehicle list, wherein the delivery vehicle includes one or more of Global System for Mobiles (GSM), Short Messaging Service (SMS), and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP); if the device uses the SMTP, send the customized notice corresponding to the email to the device via the SMTP; and if the device does not use the SMTP and use the GSM, send the customized notice corresponding to the email to the device via the SMS. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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