SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PRESENTATION OF MESSAGE CONTENT AT USER COMMUNICATION TERMINALS
A method for managing the presentation of enhanced message content includes receiving a message including an identification of one or more recipients and message content, determining, by execution of instructions by a processor, that the received message includes a tag for invoking at least one of enhanced presentation of the message content or a notification, and generating at least one of a reformatted message, wherein the reformatted message includes the message content reorganized according to the tag, or a notification, formatted according to the tag, for alerting at least one of the one or more recipient that the message relates to a particular topic or has an enhanced priority.
1 . A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving a message including an identification of one or more recipients and message content;
determining, by execution of instructions by a processor, that the received message includes a tag for invoking at least one of enhanced presentation of the message content or a notification; and
generating at least one of
a reformatted message, wherein the reformatted message includes the message content reorganized according to the tag, or
a notification, formatted according to the tag, for alerting at least one of the one or more recipient that the message relates to a particular topic or has an enhanced priority.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received message includes at least one tag identifying a specific topic of interest.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received message includes at least one tag identifying a specific recipient.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received message is one of a short-message-service (SMS) text message, an instant message (IM) chat message, or a multimedia-messaging-service (MMS) message.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received message includes at least one tag specifying a template for presenting menu choices.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further including retrieving the specified template from a template library.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a reformatted message is generated at a server, the method further including transmitting the reformatted message to one or more recipient communication terminals.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a reformatted message is generated at a recipient communication terminal, the method further including initiating display of the reformatted message at the one or more recipient communication terminals.
9 . A computer implemented method, comprising:
at a first communication terminal, receiving user input corresponding to an identification of one or more recipients and to message content;
initiating display of the message content according to a user interface;
determining, by execution of instructions by a processor of the first communication terminal, that the received user input includes a tag for invoking at least one of enhanced presentation of the message content or a notification;
generating at least one of
a preview message, wherein the message content is formatted for presentation according to the tag, or
a preview notification, wherein the preview notification is formatted according to the tag to alert at least one of the one or more recipients that the message relates to a particular topic or has an enhanced priority; and
initiating display of at least one of the preview message or preview notification at the first communication terminal.
10 . The method of claim 9 , further including transmitting, from the first communication terminal, a message addressed to the one or more recipients and including received message content and at least one tag.
11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the determining step includes determining whether the detected at least one tag identifies a topic of potential interest to an identified group of recipients.
12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the determining step includes determining whether the detected at least one tag identifies a specific recipient among a group of recipients identified by the received message.
13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein at least one tag included in the received user input specifies a template for presenting choices to the one or more recipients.
14 . The method of claim 13 , further including retrieving the specified template from a template library.
15 . The method of claim 9 , further including initiating display of a user interface, responsive to input invoking a tag function received at the first communication terminal, for prompting the user to enter additional message content; and
transmitting a reformatted message including the additional message content and at least one tag assigned to the additional message content, for delivery to a recipient.
16 . A system for managing presentation of enhanced message content at a recipient user communication terminal, comprising:
a display;
a processor; and
a memory containing instructions executable by the processor
to receive a message including an identification of one or more recipients and message content;
to determine, by execution of instructions by the processor, that the received message includes a tag for invoking at least one of enhanced presentation of the message content or a notification; and
to generate at least one of
a reformatted message, wherein the reformatted message includes the message content reorganized according to the tag, or
a notification, formatted according to the tag, for alerting at least one of the one or more recipient that the message relates to a particular topic or has an enhanced priority.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the memory further contains instructions executable by the processor to initiate display of the reformatted message but not the received message.
18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the memory further contains instructions executable by the processor to initiate display of the formatted notification such that it is distinguishable from other messages received from a common message author or a group of message authors.
19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the memory further contains instructions executable by the processor to initiate display of the formatted notification with at least one of a subject and topic identifier such that it is distinguishable from other messages identified by a different topic or received from a common message author or a group of message authors.
20 . A system for managing presentation of enhanced message content at a recipient user communication terminal, comprising
means for receiving a message including an identification of one or more recipients and message content;
means for determining, by execution of instructions by a processor, that the received message includes a tag for invoking at least one of enhanced presentation of the message content or a notification; and
means for generating, responsive to a determination that the received message includes a tag, at least one of
a reformatted message, wherein the reformatted message includes the message content reorganized according to the tag, or
a notification, formatted according to the tag, for alerting at least one of the one or more recipient that the message relates to a particular topic or has an enhanced priority.