System and method for instantaneously deploying packetized alert data

• US 8,307,042 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2010
• Issued: 11/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: E-Shop Enterprises, LLC
• Original Assignee: E-Shop Enterprises, LLC
• Inventors: Dolgin, Jess Z.
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne, Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Hee
• Application Number:
  US12/781,726
• Publication Number:
  US 20110010262A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1421 Indication of expected costs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1014 based on the content of a request
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for instantaneously deploying packetized alert data in a one to many configuration or a many to many configuration where the data to be received by each recipient can be customized in a way that leaves a publisher with optimum control over the content or revenue generated from each deployment.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for displaying packetized alert data from multiple publishers encoded with computer-readable instructions configured to:

allow a user to subscribe to receive packetized alert data from a first publisher;

allow said user to subscribe to receive packetized alert data from a second publisher;

allow said user to modify first publisher settings selected from types of messages to receive, modes of transmission, screen region configuration, length of display time, and message acknowledgement;

allow said user to modify second publisher settings selected from types of messages to receive, modes of transmission, screen region configuration, length of display time, and message acknowledgement;

display a screen region capable of displaying HTML data, XML data, image data, audio data, plug-in data as an atomic unit;

receive a first packetized alert data from said first publisher, wherein said first packetized alert comprises HTML data and multimedia data;

update said screen region to display said first packetized alert data based on said first publisher settings;

receive a second packetized alert data from said second publisher, wherein said first packetized alert comprises HTML data and multimedia data

update said screen region to display said second packetized alert data based on said second publisher;

receive a fourth packetized alert data comprising a response request from a fourth publisher;

update said screen region to display said fourth packetized alert data and said response request based on fourth publisher settings associated with said fourth publisher;

process an input from said user comprising a response to said response request; and

sending said response of said user to said response request to a server configured to collect response requests for said fourth publisher from a plurality of users.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein said computer-readable instructions further comprise:

receive packetized alert data comprising a mobile device version of a fourth packetized alert data, wherein said fourth packetized alert data is associated with a fourth publisher;

update said screen region to display said fourth packetized alert in a mobile device message region of said screen region based on fourth publisher settings associated with said fourth publisher.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein said mobile device message region is configured to display text [¶

86, e-mail messages may be truncated to 100 characters allowed by a cell phone].

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3, wherein said mobile device message region is configured to display a multi-media message, wherein said mobile device message region is configured to emulate a mobile device display.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein said computer-readable instructions further comprise:

a fifth packetized alert data comprising an update to a previously received packetized alert data; and

update said screen region to display said update to said previously received packetized alert data.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, at least one of said first packetized alert and said second packetized alert is associated with at least one rule defined by an associated publisher.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first packetized alert and said second packetized alert is associated with at least one category defined by an associated publisher.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first packetized alert and said second packetized alert is associated with at least one filter defined by an associated publisher.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein said at least one rule comprises a rule to override a user-defined setting.