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Title:
CASCADED DELIVERY OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004021623
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Delivering an electronic notification to an intended recipient (105) may include communicating an electronic notification directed to an intended recipient (105), and determining presence information (130) associated with the intended recipient (105) before attempting to deliver the notification to the intended recipient (105). A cascaded delivery instruction (135) also may be resolved based on notification information. The presence information (130) and the cascaded delivery instruction (135) also may be resolved based on notification information. The presence information (130) and the cascaded delivery instruction (135) may be used to select among several delivery mechanisms (110) potentially available for the intended recipient (105) based on the presence information (130), and to deliver the electronic notification to the intended recipient (105) at the selected delivery mechanism (110). The presence information (130) may include fan online presence and/or a physical presence of the intended recipient (105).

Inventors:
AUSTIN-LANE CHRISTOPHER EMERY (US)
DELLECAVE THOMAS LOUIS JR (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/026762
Publication Date:
July 01, 2004
Filing Date:
August 27, 2003
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Assignee:
AMERICA ONLINE INC (US)
AUSTIN-LANE CHRISTOPHER EMERY (US)
DELLECAVE THOMAS LOUIS JR (US)
International Classes:
H04L12/58; H04L29/06; H04L29/08; (IPC1-7): G06F15/16
Foreign References:
US20030158902A12003-08-21
US20030018704A12003-01-23
US20030227894A12003-12-11
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