Priority of received messages communicated among end user communication devices
First Claim
1. A method for processing by a first end-user communication device a received electronic communication, the method comprising:
- receiving the electronic communication by the first end-user communication device where the electronic communication comprises a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment, the user data segment containing a user message and a priority value;
determining, by a first module of an enhanced services application program, a first message priority based on the received priority value that defines first visual indicia representing a first priority for the user message, a plurality of different message priorities with associated different visual indicia being defined by corresponding priority values;
the user message in the user data segment being received in an encrypted form;
the priority value identifying one of a plurality of decryption algorithms and decryption keys that is needed to decrypt the encrypted user message to produce clear text information;
processing the encrypted user data segment using said one by the enhanced services application program to extract clear text information represented by the user message, the priority value defining both visual indicia representative of a corresponding user message priority and decryption information needed to extract clear text information represented by the user message;
displaying, under the control of the first module of the enhanced services application program, the user message concurrent with the first visual indicia on a screen segment of the first end-user'"'"'s communication device so that the first priority assigned to the received user message is visually conveyed to the first end-user.
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Abstract
An exemplary method implemented by a first end-user communication device receives an electronic communication of a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment, the user data segment containing a user message and a priority value A first message priority is determined by a first module of a enhanced services application program. The first message priority is based on the received priority value that defines first visual indicia representing a first priority for the user message, a plurality of different message priorities with associated different visual indicia being defined by corresponding priority values. Under the control of the first module, the user message concurrent with the first visual indicia are displayed on a screen segment of the first end-user'"'"'s communication device so that the first priority assigned to the received user message is visually conveyed to the first end-user.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for processing by a first end-user communication device a received electronic communication, the method comprising:
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receiving the electronic communication by the first end-user communication device where the electronic communication comprises a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment, the user data segment containing a user message and a priority value; determining, by a first module of an enhanced services application program, a first message priority based on the received priority value that defines first visual indicia representing a first priority for the user message, a plurality of different message priorities with associated different visual indicia being defined by corresponding priority values; the user message in the user data segment being received in an encrypted form; the priority value identifying one of a plurality of decryption algorithms and decryption keys that is needed to decrypt the encrypted user message to produce clear text information; processing the encrypted user data segment using said one by the enhanced services application program to extract clear text information represented by the user message, the priority value defining both visual indicia representative of a corresponding user message priority and decryption information needed to extract clear text information represented by the user message; displaying, under the control of the first module of the enhanced services application program, the user message concurrent with the first visual indicia on a screen segment of the first end-user'"'"'s communication device so that the first priority assigned to the received user message is visually conveyed to the first end-user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable tangible non-transitory medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for processing an electronic communication received by a first end-user communication device, the method comprising:
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receiving the electronic communication by the first end-user communication device where the electronic communication comprises a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment, the user data segment containing a user message and a priority value; determining, by a first module of an enhanced services application program, a first message priority based on the received priority value that defines first visual indicia representing a first priority for the user message, a plurality of different message priorities with associated different visual indicia being defined by corresponding priority values; the user message in the user data segment being received in an encrypted form; the priority value identifying one of a plurality of decryption algorithms and decryption keys that is needed to decrypt the encrypted user message to produce clear text information; processing the encrypted user data segment using said one by the enhanced services application program to extract clear text information represented by the user message, the priority value defining both visual indicia representative of a corresponding user message priority and decryption information needed to extract clear text information represented by the user message; displaying, under the control of the first module of the enhanced services application program, the user message concurrent with the first visual indicia on a screen segment of the first end-user'"'"'s communication device so that the first priority assigned to the received user message is visually conveyed to the first end-user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An end-user wireless communication device that processes a received electronic communication, the device comprising:
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a microprocessor apparatus receives the electronic communication where the electronic communication comprises a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment, the user data segment containing a user message and a priority value; the microprocessor apparatus determines, by a first module of an enhanced services application program, a first message priority based on the received priority value that defines first visual indicia representing a first priority for the user message, a plurality of different message priorities with associated different visual indicia being defined by corresponding priority values; the user message in the user data segment being received in an encrypted form; the microprocessor apparatus using the priority value to identify one of a plurality of decryption algorithms and decryption keys that is needed to decrypt the encrypted user message to produce clear text information; the microprocessor apparatus processing the encrypted user data segment using said one by the enhanced services application program to extract clear text information represented by the user message, the priority value defining both visual indicia representative of a corresponding user message priority and decryption information needed to extract clear text information represented by the user message; the microprocessor apparatus causing the display, under the control of the first module of the enhanced services application program, the user message concurrent with the first visual indicia on a screen segment of the first end-user'"'"'s communication device so that the first priority assigned to the received user message is visually conveyed to the first end-user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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