Messaging including active response feature
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating information exchange between two users, comprising:
- creating, at a first user'"'"'s station, a message for display on a display device of a second user'"'"'s station and at least one response option to the message, said message and said at least one response option being formatted for cooperating with said second user'"'"'s station to effect said display at said second user'"'"'s station without requiring or invoking a web browser;
said second user'"'"'s station having at least one entry key;
displaying, for selection at said first user'"'"'s station, at least one format for said response options;
automatically creating code for causing the second user'"'"'s station in response to the second user'"'"'s station receiving the message to establish a predetermined association between at least one selected key of said at least one entry key on said second user'"'"'s station and said at least one response option without requiring or invoking a web browser;
associating said message, said at least one response option, and said code into a communication; and
transmitting said communication to the second user'"'"'s station.
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Abstract
An enhanced messaging capability which enables the recipient of the message to respond to a query by pressing a single button or multiple buttons to issue the response. Code for enabling a receiving device to display the message and provide simplified response options is carried by a messaging format such as SMS, MMS, etc., in which a web browser application is not required nor invoked to permit active response functionality. A mechanism is provide to allow delivery of response in a variety of formats. The system may automatically take a selected action if a response is not received within a present time period. A message and response system greatly simplified from the senders and recipients perspective is provided.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating information exchange between two users, comprising:
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creating, at a first user'"'"'s station, a message for display on a display device of a second user'"'"'s station and at least one response option to the message, said message and said at least one response option being formatted for cooperating with said second user'"'"'s station to effect said display at said second user'"'"'s station without requiring or invoking a web browser;
said second user'"'"'s station having at least one entry key;displaying, for selection at said first user'"'"'s station, at least one format for said response options; automatically creating code for causing the second user'"'"'s station in response to the second user'"'"'s station receiving the message to establish a predetermined association between at least one selected key of said at least one entry key on said second user'"'"'s station and said at least one response option without requiring or invoking a web browser; associating said message, said at least one response option, and said code into a communication; and transmitting said communication to the second user'"'"'s station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system facilitating communication between two users, comprising:
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a first user'"'"'s station provided with software permitting a user to create a message for display on a display device of a second user'"'"'s station and at least two response options to the message;
said message and said at least two response options being formatted for display without requiring or invoking a web browser;
said second user'"'"'s station having at least one entry key;an interface for displaying, for selection at said first user'"'"'s station, at least one format for said at least two response options; software associated with the first user'"'"'s station which automatically creates code in response to the second user'"'"'s station receiving the message for causing the second user'"'"'s station to establish a predetermined association between at least one selected key of said at least one entry key on said second user'"'"'s station with each respective response option of said at least two response options without requiring or invoking a web browser; software which associates said message, said at least two response options, and code into a communication; and a networked connection permitting the transmission of said communication to the second user'"'"'s station. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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