Email distribution on the edge

• US 20020007399A1
• Filed: 07/06/2001
• Published: 01/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Kaars, Peter Bernard
• Application Number:
  US09/900,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20020007399A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1886 with traffic restrictions for efficiency improvement, e.g. involving subnets or subdomains
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

A service provider enables to distribute electronic content via a data network to a plurality of addressees. In order to do this, respective servers are identified, via which to deliver the content to respective groups among the plurality of the addressees. A copy of the content is then sent to the respective server. The respective server is enabled to send individual copies of the content to individual ones of the addressees in the respective group, e.g., based on the relevant e-mail addresses of the addressees in the respective group.

Claims

1. A method of providing a service to enable to distribute electronic content via a data network to a plurality of addressees, the method comprising:

identifying respective servers via which to deliver the content to respective groups among the plurality of the addressees;

sending one copy of the content to the respective server; and

enabling the respective server to send individual copies of the content to individual ones of the addressees in the respective group.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the enabling to distribute comprises supplying a list of identifiers of the addressees of the respective group to the respective server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises an e-mail.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising

sending a first portion of the content to the respective server;

enabling the respective server to add a second portion to the first portion; and

enabling the respective server to send the first and second portions to the individual addressees in the respective group.

5. A method of distributing electronic content via a data network to a plurality of addressees, the method comprising:

identifying respective servers via which to deliver the content to respective groups among the plurality of the addressees;

sending one copy of the content to the respective server; and

enabling the respective server to send individual copies of the content to individual ones of the addressees in the respective group.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the enabling to distribute comprises supplying a list of identifiers of the addressees of the respective group to the respective server.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the content comprises an e-mail.

8. The method of claim 5, comprising

sending a first portion of the content to the respective server;

enabling the respective server to add a second portion to the first portion; and

enabling the respective server to send the first and second portions to the individual addressees in the respective group.

9. Electronic content with a list of addressees for receiving the content via a data network, the list being based on the addressees being addressable through a specific edge server.

10. Software for, upon receipt of a combination of electronic content and a list of addressees, generating individual copies of the content for individual ones of the addressees.