Profile responsive electronic message management system

• US 6,965,920 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2001
• Issued: 11/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Peter Henrik Pedersen
• Original Assignee: Peter Henrik Pedersen
• Inventors: Pedersen, Peter Henrik
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang, Jungwon
• Application Number:
  US09/904,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20020007400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,587 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/206, 709/217, 713/184, 707/10, 707/104.1, 379/93.24
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A system and method for the central specification and management of how messages are distributed to recipients with the steps of: a recipient profile system for entering and storing rules about how to distribute specific types of messages and content from specific messengers to individual recipients, a messenger profile system where messengers can enter, store and maintain his identification information and the types of message services he/she will offer to recipients, a message input system where messengers manually or automatically can enter messages or upload message files for distribution to recipients with a valid recipient profile, an individual message generator combining the data from recipient profile and the message from the message input system into a plurality of individual messages for recipients as specified by the messenger.

Claims

1. An electronic message management system comprising:

an electronic computer system in operative communication with a global digital communications network, and an electronic message management database in operative communication with the computer system;

the electronic computer system having

a recipient profile application for receiving recipient profile data from recipients via the global network and storing the recipient data in the database, the profile data including delivery parameters specified by a recipient of where, when and how specific types of messages from specific messengers are delivered to the recipient,

a messenger profile application for receiving messenger profile data from messengers via the global network and storing the messenger data in the database, including messenger identifying data,

a message input application for receiving message files from a messenger via the global network and storing the message files in the database, and

an individual message generator in communication with the database and operative to access and utilize data and files from the database to generate an individual message to be sent to the recipient specified by the messenger via the global communications network according to the delivery parameters, and a message management server operating system; and

the message management database including recipient and messenger profile databases for storing recipient and messenger profile data respectively, and a message database for storing message data files.

2. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the recipient profile application includes a global network interactive recipient profile input form, the recipient profile input form being accessible to a recipient computer via the global digital communications network.

3. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the messenger profile application includes a global network interactive messenger profile input form, the messenger profile input form being accessible to a messenger computer via the global digital communications network.

4. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the message input application includes an interactive global network message input form, the message input form being accessible to a messenger computer via the global communications network.

5. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the recipient profile application further comprises a network interface and a recipient profile editor for receiving recipient profile data from a recipient computer via the global network interface and for manipulating the recipient profile database to store the recipient profile data.

6. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the messenger profile application further comprises a global network interface and a messenger profile editor for receiving messenger profile data from a messenger computer via the global network interface and for manipulating the messenger profile database to store the messenger profile data.

7. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the message input application further comprises a global network interface and a message data file editor for receiving a message file data from a messenger computer via the global network interface and for manipulating the message database to store the message data file.

8. A method of inputting data into the message management system of claim 1 from client computers via a global communications network, to centrally manage the distribution and delivery format of electronic messages from multiple messenger sources to multiple individual recipients, comprising the steps of:

providing the client computers with access to the message management system via a global communications network, where the client computers are messenger and recipient computers;

receiving a connectivity request from a client computer for access to the message management system to input data;

connecting the client computer to the message management system via the global communication network;

prompting the client computer for the data to be input by providing a data input form to the client computer; and

accepting input data from the client computer and entering the input data into an electronic message management database of the message management system.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the prompting step includes providing an input form to the client computer.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the prompting step includes providing an input form to the client computer, the input form being at least one input form selected from the group consisting of a recipient profile form, a messenger profile form, and a message input form.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the accepting step includes entering the input data into an electronic message management database comprising a recipient profile database, a messenger profile database, and a message database.

12. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the messenger profile application receives and stores messenger profile data, including recipient identifications and recipient profiles, which messages to deliver to the recipients and profiles stored.

13. The messenger profile application of claim 12, further comprising recipient identification and recipient profiles for recipients who are prevented from receiving a message from the messenger.

14. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the individual message generator communicates with the database to identify messages and messenger parameters that are compatible with a recipient profile, and to configure the messages for delivery to the recipient.

15. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the individual message generator generates and sends the individual message via a means selected from the group consisting of;

electronic mail, voice telephone, facsimile transmission, and digital transmission.

16. The electronic message management system of claim 1, wherein the individual message generator generates the individual message and sends the individual message via a means selected from the group consisting of an electronic means and a hardcopy means.

17. The electronic message generator system of claim 16, wherein the individual message generator generates the individual message and sends the individual message via an electronic means selected from the group consisting of electronic mail, voice telephone, facsimile transmission, digital transmission, computer network, voice mail, SMS, telex, and wireless transmission.

18. The electronic message generator system of claim 16, wherein the individual message generator generates the individual message and sends the individual message via a hardcopy means selected from the group consisting of paper media. magnetic media, and optical media.