Intelligent agent based e-mail notification system

• US 7,325,028 B1
• Filed: 12/30/1999
• Issued: 01/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Muthuraghavan, Kalla, Smith, Ronald M.
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBINSON, GRETA LEE
• Application Number:
  US09/475,653
• Time in Patent Office: 2,952 Days
• Field of Search: 707/102, 707/501, 707/206, 707/207, 707/10, 707/9, 707/100, 705/41, 709/206, 709/202, 709/207, 709/201, 709/203, 370/385, 370/410, 370/352, 455/412, 455/466
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

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.

Claims

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.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the user profile, the user profile further including one or more of a registration request and a customization criteria from the user; and

storing the user profile at a database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the of the customized notice is performed in a secure manner.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a delivery mechanism to send the customized notice.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification criteria further comprises one or more of a subject line, a number of bytes, a time of arrival, a size of message, and a numerical number.

6. A system comprising:

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.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the customized notice is securely delivered.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the first server comprises a delivery mechanism to send the customized notice via the SMS.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the delivery mechanism further to send the customized notice via the SMTP.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the notification criteria further comprises one or more of a subject line, a number of bytes, a time of arrival, a size of message, and a numerical number.

11. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible medium having instructions which when executed cause a machine to:

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.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 11, wherein the user profile further includes one or more of a registration request and a customization criteria from the user.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 11, wherein the instructions when further executed cause the machine to send the customized notice in a secure manner.