Message identification, correlation, recipient authentication, and reception confirmation in multi-event and multi-media environments
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1. A method for identification and correlation of an incoming reply message in a multi-event and multi-media environment, the method comprising:
- generating from a message distribution logic element a unique identifier (ID) for an outgoing data message to be sent to a recipient;
embedding at a data agent element configured for communication with the message distribution logic element the unique ID in the data outgoing message to be sent to the recipient;
sending the outgoing data message from a server configured for communication with the data agent element with the embedded unique ID to the recipient;
receiving a reply message at the server from the recipient responsive to receiving the outgoing data message;
extracting the unique ID from the reply message at the data agent element; and
correlating the reply message with the outgoing data message at the message distribution logic element.
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Abstract
A generic approach for identifying, authenticating, and correlating a received massage with a particular event and a particular recipient, regardless of the number of events, number of recipients and types of media used for the originally sent message, is achieved by the inclusion of a unique ID embedded in each originally sent message. Upon receipt of an incoming reply message, a parser extracts the unique ID information provided by the recipient from the message for correlation of the incoming message with the associated sent message.
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1. A method for identification and correlation of an incoming reply message in a multi-event and multi-media environment, the method comprising:
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generating from a message distribution logic element a unique identifier (ID) for an outgoing data message to be sent to a recipient; embedding at a data agent element configured for communication with the message distribution logic element the unique ID in the data outgoing message to be sent to the recipient; sending the outgoing data message from a server configured for communication with the data agent element with the embedded unique ID to the recipient; receiving a reply message at the server from the recipient responsive to receiving the outgoing data message; extracting the unique ID from the reply message at the data agent element; and correlating the reply message with the outgoing data message at the message distribution logic element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for identification and correlation of an incoming reply message in a multi-event and multi-media environment, the apparatus comprising:
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means for generating a unique ID for at least one data message to be sent to a recipient; means for embedding the unique ID in the at least one data message to be sent to the recipient; means for storing data associated with the at least one data message including the unique ID; means for sending the at least one data message having the unique ID embedded therein to the recipient; means for receiving a reply message having the unique ID from the recipient responsive to receiving the at least one data message; means for extracting the unique ID from the reply message; and means for correlating the reply message with the at least one data message. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An intelligent notification apparatus configured to generate a plurality of outgoing multi-media messages and send the plurality of outgoing multi-media messages to a plurality of recipients, wherein the plurality of outgoing multi-media messages are related to a plurality of events, and wherein individual ones of the plurality of outgoing multi-media messages comprise:
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an embedded unique ID generated by the intelligent notification apparatus, the unique ID comprising data configured to trigger the intelligent notification apparatus, in response to receiving a reply message to a corresponding outgoing multi-media message, to automatically correlate the reply message with the corresponding multi-media message; and a data field, containing a communication intended to solicit the reply message. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A text based messaging device configured to transmit a multi-media reply message, the multi-media reply message comprising:
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a unique ID generated by an intelligent notification system and embedded within an outgoing multi-media message sent from the intelligent notification system, the unique ID comprising data configured to trigger the intelligent notification system, in response to receiving the multi-media reply message, to automatically correlate the multi-media reply message with the outgoing multi-media message; and a data field, containing a communication responsive to the outgoing multi-media message. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A method for responding to a first multi-media data message, the method comprising:
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receiving at a messaging device a first multi-media data message having a unique ID generated by an intelligent notification system; generating a second multi-media data message responding to the first multi-media data message, the second multi-media data message having the unique ID embedded therein, such that the intelligent notification system, upon reception of the reply message, is configured to automatically correlate the second multi-media-data message with the first multi-media data message; transmitting the second multi-media data message from the messaging device to an address provided within the first multi-media data message. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus for identification and correlation of at least one incoming reply message or at least one incoming reply call, the apparatus comprising:
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an e-mail server configured to receive the at least one incoming reply message; a media server configured to receive the at least one incoming reply call; a data agent and parser configured to receive the at least one incoming reply message from the e-mail server and further configured generate a status update report related to the at least one incoming reply message; a voice agent configured to receive and process the at least one incoming reply call through the media server and further configured generate a status update report related to the at least one incoming reply call; a database configured to store data relating to at least one multi-media message previously sent by the e-mail server or the media server; and a message distribution logic engine configured to communicate with the data agent, voice agent, and database, wherein the message distribution logic engine is further configured to receive a status update report from the data agent or the voice agent and to correlate the at least one reply message or the at least one reply call with the at least one multi-media message previously sent, and wherein the message distribution logic engine is further configured to update data in the database relating to the at least one multi-media message previously sent.
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