System and method of efficiently generating and sending bulk emails
First Claim
1. A method of efficiently generating and sending emails, comprising:
- creating an email template;
setting up a campaign query;
distributing the email template and a set of information associated with the campaign query to a plurality of server groups;
running the campaign query on each of the plurality of server groups and obtaining a plurality of matching users on each of the plurality of server groups;
dividing the plurality of matching users on each of the plurality of server groups into one or more batches of users;
merging the email template with a set of information corresponding to each of the plurality of matching users from a first batch of users to generate a first batch of merged emails for each of the plurality of server groups;
sending the first batch of merged emails directly from each of the plurality of server groups without saving copies of the merged emails;
marking a status of what portion of the first batch of the merged emails was sent before a shutdown of at least one server in the plurality of server groups; and
resuming the sending of the first batch of the merged emails when the at least one server in the plurality of server groups is restarted after shutdown.
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Abstract
A method of efficiently generating and sending emails including creating an email template, setting up a campaign query, and distributing the email template and a set of information associated with the campaign query to a plurality of server groups. The method also includes running the campaign query on each of the plurality of server groups and obtaining a plurality of matching users; dividing the plurality of matching users into one or more batches; merging the email template with a set of information corresponding to each of the plurality of matching users from a first batch for each of the plurality of server groups, and sending the first batch of the merged emails directly from each of the plurality of server groups without saving copies of the merged emails.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of efficiently generating and sending emails, comprising:
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creating an email template; setting up a campaign query; distributing the email template and a set of information associated with the campaign query to a plurality of server groups; running the campaign query on each of the plurality of server groups and obtaining a plurality of matching users on each of the plurality of server groups; dividing the plurality of matching users on each of the plurality of server groups into one or more batches of users; merging the email template with a set of information corresponding to each of the plurality of matching users from a first batch of users to generate a first batch of merged emails for each of the plurality of server groups; sending the first batch of merged emails directly from each of the plurality of server groups without saving copies of the merged emails; marking a status of what portion of the first batch of the merged emails was sent before a shutdown of at least one server in the plurality of server groups; and resuming the sending of the first batch of the merged emails when the at least one server in the plurality of server groups is restarted after shutdown. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11)
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9. A method of efficiently generating and sending emails, comprising:
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creating an email template; setting up a campaign query; distributing the email template and a set of information associated with the campaign query to an application server at each of a plurality of server groups; replicating the email template and the set of information associated with the campaign query to one or more replication servers at each of the plurality of server groups; running the campaign query on each of the one or more replication servers at each of the plurality of server groups and obtaining a plurality of matching users on each of the one or more replication servers; dividing the plurality of matching users on each of the plurality of server groups into one or more batches of users; merging the email template with a set of information corresponding to each of the plurality of matching users from a first batch of users to generate a first batch of merged emails for each of the plurality of server groups; queuing the merged emails in a memory buffer based on email domains of the matching users; sending the first batch of merged emails directly from each of the plurality of server groups without saving copies of the merged emails; marking a status of what portion of the first batch of the merged emails was sent before a shutdown of at least one server in the plurality of server groups; and resuming the sending of the first batch of the merged emails when the at least one server in the plurality of server groups is restarted after shutdown. - View Dependent Claims (10, 12)
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13. An email generation and transmission system, comprising:
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an administrative server group communicatively coupled to one or more member server groups, each of the one or more member server groups including at least an application server and a replication server, each of the application server and the replication server including a processing unit and a memory coupled to the processing unit; the administrative server group programmed to allow a user to store an email template and set up a campaign query associated with the email template; the administrative server group programmed to facilitate the distribution of the email template and at least a portion of the associated campaign query to each of the application servers at each of the one or more member server groups; each of the application servers at each of the one or more member server groups programmed to replicate the email template and the at least a portion of the associated campaign query to each of the replication servers at each of the one or more member server groups; each of the replication servers at each of the one or more member server groups programmed to; run the campaign query to obtain a plurality of matching members; divide the plurality of matching users on each of the plurality of server groups into one or more batches of users; merge the email template with a set of information corresponding to each of the plurality of matching users from a first batch of users to generate a first batch of merged emails for each of the plurality of server groups; send the first batch of merged emails without saving copies of the merged emails; mark a status of what portion of the first batch of the merged emails was sent before a shutdown of at least one server in the plurality of server groups; and resume the sending of the first batch of the merged emails when the at least one server in the plurality of server groups is restarted after shutdown. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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