IP Library Granted Patent US 9,634,968
Granted Patent B1
US 9,634,968 · App. 15/083,898 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Individual XML message processing platform

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,634,968
App. No.
15/083,898
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A communications platform (Centerpost) is disclosed containing a message processing platform along with an XML message format (SmartMessage) which provides for the reception, organization, summarization, filing, storage, synthesis, routing, formatting, and intelligent processing of XML-based electronic messages and SMTP electronic mail from corporations and other senders to fully integrate individuals' existing e-mail boxes, cellular telephones, paging equipment, facsimile machines, wireless and wired telephones, and other devices. The Centerpost platform utilizes a nickname-based routing to enable device specific sending without knowledge of the specific device address. The Centerpost platform provides sender-defined information folios, which enable synthesized filing, viewing and storage of all received SmartMessages, and the platform allows semi-private access control for the user, which allows access by others.

Claims (24)

1. A communications platform, comprising:

a message-processing platform comprising a processor that executes logic to receive at least one XML-based electronic SmartMessage that comprises at least one standardized XML tag and at least one sender-defined XML tag; and

a sender stylesheet and an electronic message stylesheet, wherein said sender stylesheet describes a sender and said electronic message stylesheet describes an activity and an event.

2. The communications platform in claim 1 , wherein said message processing platform further provides the organization, summation, filing, storage, synthesis, formatting and intelligent processing of XML-based electronic SmartMessage.

3. The communications platform in claim 1 , wherein said sender-defined XML tag comprises an envelope, said envelope comprising a header and a document.

4. The communications platform in claim 1 , wherein said sender-defined XML tag comprises a SmartMessage definition document, wherein said definition document is used by the communications platform to automatically determine how to display, summarize and process the XML electronic SmartMessage.

5. The communications platform in claim 4 , wherein said SmartMessage definition document comprises an entity and a class.

6. The communications platform in claim 1 , wherein said sender-defined XML tag comprises a receipt document, said receipt document specifies a SmartMessage processing server response.

7. The communications platform in claim 2 , further comprising an Informant stylesheet and a SmartMessage stylesheet, wherein said Informant stylesheet describes meta-data pertaining to the sender, said SmartMessage stylesheet describes an activity and an event.

8. The communications platform in claim 7 , wherein said meta-data includes information pertaining to the Informant's name, website address, and industry category.

9. The communications platform in claim 7 , wherein said Informant stylesheet further authenticates the Informant.

10. The communications platform in claim 7 , wherein said SmartMessage Stylesheet further describes the XML schemas of said activity and event, and defines how the activity and event is transmitted to at least one endpoint.

11. The communications platform in claim 10 , wherein said at least one endpoint comprises an electronic mail box, a wired or wireless telephone, a facsimile machine, a paging device, or a personal digital assistant.

12. The communications platform in claim 7 , wherein said Informant stylesheet and said SmartMessage stylesheet reside on said Informant's web servers.

13. A communications platform, comprising:

a message-processing platform comprising a processor that executes logic to receive at least one XML-based electronic SmartMessage that comprises at least one standardized XML tag and at least one sender-defined XML tag;

wherein said sender-defined XML tag comprises an envelope and a SmartMessage definition document.

14. The communications platform in claim 13 , wherein said message processing platform further provides the organization, summation, filing, storage, synthesis, formatting and intelligent processing of XML-based electronic SmartMessage.

15. The communications platform in claim 13 , wherein said sender-defined XML tag comprises an envelope, said envelope comprising a header and a document.

16. The communications platform in claim 13 , wherein said sender-defined XML tag comprises a SmartMessage definition document, wherein said definition document is used by the communications platform to automatically determine how to display, summarize and process the XML electronic SmartMessage.

17. The communications platform in claim 16 , wherein said SmartMessage definition document comprises an entity and a class.

18. The communications platform in claim 13 , wherein said sender-defined XML tag comprises a receipt document, said receipt document specifies a SmartMessage processing server response.

19. The communications platform in claim 14 , further comprising an Informant stylesheet and a SmartMessage stylesheet, wherein said Informant stylesheet describes meta-data pertaining to the sender, said SmartMessage stylesheet describes an activity and an event.

20. The communications platform in claim 13 , comprising a sender stylesheet and an electronic message stylesheet, wherein said sender stylesheet describes a sender and said electronic message stylesheet describes an activity and an event.

Assignments (2)
OMNIBUS ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Nov 25, 2024
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH (AS SUCCESSOR TO CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH IN ITS CAPACITY AS COLLATERAL AGENT)
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS THE SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069438/0775 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Oct 10, 2017
From: WEST INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION (F/K/A WEST NOTIFICATIONS, INC.)
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 044217/0522 →