Apparatus and method for interactive email
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1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to:
- deliver to a community of users an email with a widget including a graphical user interface configured to solicit input from recipients of the email;
collect solicited input from recipients of the email using the widget;
in response to the email being rendered at a computer of a recipient who receives the email;
dynamically generate an image to be included in a rendering of the email, created in real time with live data representative of solicited input collected as of the time of the email being rendered; and
send the dynamically generated image to the computer of the recipient to be included in the rendering of the email; and
incorporate subsequently collected solicited input into subsequent dynamically generated images to be included in subsequent renderings of the email.
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Abstract
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to deliver to a community of users an email with a widget including a graphical user interface that solicits input. Solicited input is collected from the community of users via the widget. The email is revised to dynamically display at least a portion of the solicited input.
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32 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to:
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deliver to a community of users an email with a widget including a graphical user interface configured to solicit input from recipients of the email; collect solicited input from recipients of the email using the widget; in response to the email being rendered at a computer of a recipient who receives the email; dynamically generate an image to be included in a rendering of the email, created in real time with live data representative of solicited input collected as of the time of the email being rendered; and send the dynamically generated image to the computer of the recipient to be included in the rendering of the email; and incorporate subsequently collected solicited input into subsequent dynamically generated images to be included in subsequent renderings of the email. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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delivering to a community of users an email with a widget including a graphical user interface configured to solicit input from recipients of the email; collecting solicited input from recipients of the email using the widget; in response to the email being rendered at a computer of a recipient who receives the email; dynamically generating an image to be included in a rendering of the email, created in real time with live data representative of solicited input collected as of the time of the email being rendered; and sending the dynamically generated image to the computer of the recipient to be included in the rendering of the email; and incorporating subsequently collected solicited input into subsequent dynamically generated images to be included in subsequent renderings of the email. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer system comprising:
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one or more processing units; and memory having stored thereon executable program code, which when executed by the processing unit, causes the one or more processing units to; deliver to a community of users an email with a widget including a graphical user interface configured to solicit input from recipients of the email; collect solicited input from recipients of the email using the widget; in response to the email being rendered at a computer of a recipient who receives the email; dynamically generate an image to be included in a rendering of the email, created in real time with live data representative of solicited input collected as of the time of the email being rendered; and send the dynamically generated image to the computer of the recipient to be included in the rendering of the email; and incorporate subsequently collected solicited input into subsequent dynamically generated images to be included in subsequent renderings of the email. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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