Dynamically matching users for group communications based on a threshold degree of matching of sender and recipient predetermined acceptance criteria
April 25, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesNetwork having selectively accessible recipient prioritized communication channel profiles Method and apparatus for disseminating messages to unspecified users in a data processing system Method and system for prioritization of email items by selectively associating priority attribute with at least one and fewer than all of the recipients System for intergrating an on-line service community with a foreign service Method and apparatus for extracting a keyword from scheduling data using the keyword for searching the schedule data file Method and apparatus for managing subscriptions to distribution lists Knowledge-based moderator for electronic mail help lists Integrated electronic information system Pixel adaptive noise reduction filter for digital video System and method for filtering unsolicited electronic mail messages using data matching and heuristic processing InventorApplicationNo. 557681 filed on 04/25/2000US Classes:709/207, Priority based messaging709/202, Processing agent718/106Dependency based cooperative processing of multiple programs working together to accomplish a larger taskExaminersPrimary: Luu, Le HienAssistant: Willatt, Stephanie Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 015/16AbstractA method for enabling users to exchange group electronic mail by establishing individual profiles and criteria, for determining personalized subsets within a group. Users establish subscriptions to an electronic mailing list by specifying user profile data and acceptance criteria data to screen other users. When a user subscribes, a web server establishes and stores an individualized recipient list including each matching subscriber and their degree of one-way or mutual match with the user. When the user then sends a message to the mailing list, an email server retrieves 100% her matches and then optionally filters her recipient list down to a message distribution list using each recipient's message criteria. The message is then distributed to matching users. Additionally, email archives and information contributions from users are stored in a database. A web server creates an individualized set of web pages for a user from the database, containing contributions only from users in his recipient list. In other embodiments, users apply one-way or mutual criteria matching and message profile criteria to other group forums, such as web-based discussion boards, chat, online clubs, USENET newsgroups, voicemail, instant messaging, web browsing side channel communities, and online gaming rendezvous. | |
