WO2001095060A3 - Information delivery system for providing senders with a recipient's messaging preferences - Google Patents

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WO2001095060A3
WO2001095060A3 PCT/US2001/018122 US0118122W WO0195060A3 WO 2001095060 A3 WO2001095060 A3 WO 2001095060A3 US 0118122 W US0118122 W US 0118122W WO 0195060 A3 WO0195060 A3 WO 0195060A3
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An information delivery system includes a web server (110) in operative communication with a plurality of recipients (180) and a plurality of senders (155), the plurality of senders (155) desirous of generating messages intended for the plurality of recipients (180), respectively. The web server (110) includes a plurality of recipient (180) preference profiles corresponding to the plurality of recipients (180), respectively, and a plurality of sender (155) profiles corresponding to the plurality of senders (155), respectively. Each of the recipient (180) preference profiles includes respective information directed to the recipient's (180) preferences for receiving messages and the web server (110) provides the plurality of senders (155) with access to the plurality of recipient (180) preference profiles. The web server (110) maintains a relationship between a log of recipient (180) preference profiles out of the plurality of recipient (180) preference profiles that have been accessed by a particular sender (155). For each of the recipient (180) preference profiles in the log of recipient (180) preference profiles, the web server (110) provides a change notification to the particular sender (155) of a change in the recipient (180) preference profile.
PCT/US2001/018122 2000-06-06 2001-06-05 Information delivery system for providing senders with a recipient's messaging preferences WO2001095060A2 (en)

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CA002418001A CA2418001C (en) 2000-06-06 2001-06-05 Information delivery system for providing senders with a recipient's messaging preferences
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