Using evaluations of tentative message content

• US 9,374,242 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2007
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Mangione-Smith, William Henry, Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Keehn, Richard G
• Application Number:
  US11/983,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20090125914A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,148 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding

Abstract

A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters in association with a message content destination selection and transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result from an application of the one or more evaluation parameters to tentative-message-content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining at least one destination identifier associated with a tentative-message-content;

obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier;

evaluating the tentative-message-content at least partially based on the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the at least one destination identifier, including at least;

accessing at least one of a virtual or an actual resource inventory;

aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations; and

computing a quantity of a resource remaining for future allocation based on the aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations; and

transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result, including at least transmitting an indication of the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the tentative-message-content evaluation result,

wherein at least one of the obtaining at least one destination identifier, obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, evaluating, or transmitting is at least partially implemented using at least one processing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

detecting a content type indication of the one or more evaluation parameters from one or more event logs.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

receiving one or more delivery evaluations associated with the destination identifier from one or more event logs or from one or more user interfaces;

extracting a size threshold indication of an attachment to a message as a first one of the one or more evaluation parameters from the one or more delivery evaluations;

extracting a definition of at least one object name pattern as a second one of the one or more evaluation parameters from the one or more delivery evaluations; and

extracting a content type indication as a third one of the one or more evaluation parameters from the one or more delivery evaluations.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises a first operation, and wherein the evaluating comprises a second, subsequent operation dependent on the output of the evaluation parameter output of the first operation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more evaluation parameters are extracted from an event log.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more evaluation parameters are obtained based at least partially on an association with the destination identifier, and wherein the association between the one or more evaluation parameters and the destination identifier was created based on negative recipient feedback from prior delivery attempts of message content of the same category.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier, wherein the one or more evaluation parameters alter the evaluation algorithm.

8. A system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining at least one destination identifier associated with a tentative-message content;

circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier;

circuitry for evaluating the tentative message-content at least partially based on the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the at least one destination identifier, including at least;

circuitry for accessing at least one of a virtual or an actual resource inventory;

circuitry for aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations; and

circuitry for computing a quantity of a resource remaining for future allocation based on the aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations; and

circuitry for transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result, including at least transmitting an indication of the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the tentative-message-content evaluation result.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for detecting a content type indication from one or more event logs.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result comprises:

circuitry for expressing at least a portion of the tentative-message-content evaluation result as at least one of a provisional or actual resource allocation.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result comprises:

circuitry for conveying predictive information of the tentative-message-content evaluation result.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result comprises:

circuitry for selecting at least one feedback component partly based on the one or more evaluation parameters and partly based on the tentative-message-content.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for obtaining a size threshold indication of an attachment to a message as one of the one or more evaluation parameters.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for extracting at least a portion of the one or more evaluation parameters from one or more delivery evaluations received from one or more user interfaces.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for evaluating the tentative message-content at least partially based on the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for determining whether the tentative-message-content contains one or more instances of a text data pattern.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for evaluating the tentative message-content at least partially based on the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for determining whether the tentative-message-content contains one or more instances of an audio data pattern.

17. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for obtaining a definition of at least one object name pattern as one of the one or more evaluation parameters.

18. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for receiving one or more delivery evaluations associated with the destination identifier from one or more event logs or from one or more user interfaces;

circuitry for extracting a size threshold indication of an attachment to a message as a first one of the one or more evaluation parameters from the one or more delivery evaluations;

circuitry for extracting a definition of at least one object name pattern as a second one of the one or more evaluation parameters from the one or more delivery evaluations; and

circuitry for extracting a content type indication as a third one of the one or more evaluation parameters from the one or more delivery evaluations.

19. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for evaluating the tentative message-content at least partially based on the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for determining whether the tentative-message-content contains one or more instances of text data;

circuitry for selecting at least one feedback component partly based on the one or more evaluation parameters and partly based on the tentative-message-content;

circuitry for presenting resource status information of the tentative-message-content evaluation result;

circuitry for expressing at least a portion of the tentative-message-content evaluation result as a resource allocation; and

circuitry for conveying predictive information of the tentative-message-content evaluation result.

20. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result comprises:

circuitry for transmitting, during composition of the tentative-message-content, guidance to a user based on an authoritative expression of a filtering rule received from an entity that has previously received content from the user, the tentative-message-content evaluation result including the guidance to the user based on the authoritative expression of the filtering rule received from the entity that has previously received content from the user.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein at least one of the one or more evaluation parameters is based on the authoritative expression of the filtering rule received from the entity that has previously received content from the user.

22. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result comprises:

circuitry for transmitting, during composition of the tentative-message-content, a gradational expression received from an entity associated with the destination identifier, the tentative-message-content evaluation result including the gradational expression received from the entity associated with the destination identifier.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the one or more evaluation parameters includes the gradational expression.

24. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for comparing a tentative-message-content development time with a threshold of the one or more evaluation parameters.

25. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for obtaining a definition of an object name pattern that includes a relational expression, the one or more evaluation parameters including the object name pattern that includes the relational expression.

26. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for storing a profile, the profile including format information, in association with the destination identifier.

27. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for storing a profile, the profile including an instruction sequence, in association with the destination identifier.

28. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for storing a profile, the profile including one or more human languages, in association with the destination identifier.

29. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result comprises:

circuitry for presenting resource status information, including a remaining number of words or messages, of the tentative-message-content evaluation result.

30. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result comprises:

circuitry for presenting resource status information, including a remaining amount of time, of the tentative-message-content evaluation result.

31. The system of claim 8, wherein tentative-message-content evaluation result comprises feedback to an author of the tentative-message-content, wherein the feedback suggests a modification to the tentative-message-content based on the tentative-message-content and the destination identifier.

32. The system of claim 8, wherein tentative-message-content evaluation result comprises feedback to an author of the tentative-message-content, wherein a feedback component used to generate the feedback is selected based on the one or more evaluation parameters and the tentative-message-content.

33. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least some resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier comprises:

circuitry for identifying one or more virtual or physical inventories; and

circuitry for detecting one or more provisional or actual resource allocations.

34. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations comprises:

circuitry for aggregating one or more virtual or actual character allocations.

35. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations comprises:

circuitry for aggregating one or more virtual or actual data allocations.

36. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations comprises:

circuitry for aggregating one or more virtual or actual message allocations.

37. The system of claim 8, wherein circuitry for aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations comprises:

circuitry for aggregating one or more virtual or actual minute allocations.

38. A computer program product comprising:

at least one non-transitory computer readable medium including at least;

one or more instructions configured for obtaining at least one destination identifier associated with a tentative-message-content;

one or more instructions configured for obtaining one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least one indication of resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier;

one or more instructions configured for evaluating the tentative-message-content, wherein the evaluating is at least partially based on the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the at least one destination identifier, including at least;

one or more instructions configured for accessing at least one of a virtual or an actual resource inventory;

one or more instructions configured for aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations; and

one or more instructions configured for computing a quantity of a resource remaining for future allocation based on the aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations; and

one or more instructions configured for transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result at least partially based on the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the destination identifier.

39. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprises:

a portable module including at least a visual display configured to be operable while the portable module is held or worn.

40. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

one or more instructions that, when executed on at least some of the one or more computing devices, cause at least some of the one or more computing devices to at least;

obtain at least one destination identifier associated with a tentative-message-content;

obtain one or more evaluation parameters, the one or more evaluation parameters including at least some resource status information, at least partially based on the at least one destination identifier;

evaluate the tentative-message-content at least partially based on the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the at least one destination identifier, including at least;

accessing at least one of a virtual or an actual resource inventory;

aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations; and

computing a quantity of a resource remaining for future allocation based on the aggregating one or more virtual or actual resource allocations; and

transmit at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result, including at least transmitting an indication of the at least one indication of resource status information associated with the tentative-message-content evaluation result.