Method and system for circulating messages
First Claim
1. A method for circulating a message to a group of people, comprising:
- being instructed to send a message to a defined destination group of multiple mobile communicators;
in response to said being instructed, sending the message and a distribution list comprising identifiers for all but a selected first one of the group of mobile communicators, to the selected first mobile communicator; and
sequentially receiving the message and a distribution list, by a next mobile communicator, and, if the received distribution list is non-empty, then (i) selecting a next one of the mobile communicators identified in the distribution list, (ii) reducing the size of the distribution list by removing the identifier of the selected next mobile communicator therefrom, and (iii) sending the message and the reduced distribution list to the selected next mobile communicator.
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Abstract
A method for circulating a message to a group of people, including sending a circulated message and a distribution list comprising identifiers for a plurality of mobile communicators, by a first mobile communicator, and sequentially receiving the circulated message and a distribution list, by a next mobile communicator, and, if the received distribution list is non-empty, then (i) selecting one of the mobile communicators identified in the distribution list, (ii) modifying the distribution list by removing the identifier of the selected mobile communicator therefrom, and (iii) sending the circulated message and the modified distribution list to the selected mobile communicator.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for circulating a message to a group of people, comprising:
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being instructed to send a message to a defined destination group of multiple mobile communicators; in response to said being instructed, sending the message and a distribution list comprising identifiers for all but a selected first one of the group of mobile communicators, to the selected first mobile communicator; and sequentially receiving the message and a distribution list, by a next mobile communicator, and, if the received distribution list is non-empty, then (i) selecting a next one of the mobile communicators identified in the distribution list, (ii) reducing the size of the distribution list by removing the identifier of the selected next mobile communicator therefrom, and (iii) sending the message and the reduced distribution list to the selected next mobile communicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12)
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3. A communication system for circulating a message to a group of people, comprising:
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a plurality of mobile communicators; and circuitry in each of said mobile communicators, (i) for being instructed to send a message to a defined destination group of multiple mobile communicators, (ii) for sending, in response to the being instructed, the message and a distribution list comprising identifiers for all but a selected first one of the group of mobile communicators, to the selected first mobile communicator, and (iii) for successively receiving the message and a distribution list, by a next mobile communicator, and, if the received distribution list is non-empty, then (iii.a) selecting a next one of the mobile communicators identified in the distribution list, (iii.b) reducing the size of the distribution list by removing the identifier of the selected next mobile communicator therefrom, and (iii.c) sending the message and the reduced distribution list to the selected next mobile communicator. - View Dependent Claims (4, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14)
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