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Method for transmitting and processing group messages in the e-mail system
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-07-02
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Granted: 2001-09-11
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Expires: 2017-07-02
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a method of transmitting and processing group messages in an electronic mail system and can be used in the course of processing and forming catalogues of messages meant for many addressees. A technical result is enhancement of the efficiency of processing messages meant for many addressees by optimizing the structure of the messages in order to reduce losses of transmitted information and simplify the processing thereof. An initial message meant for many addressees is converted by forming therefrom a set of subsidiary messages for each addressee which contain an information field, identical for all of the subsidiary messages, and a distinguishing service field which is an identifier of the subsidiary message. At least a two-level catalogue of initial messages is formed in which a line of record on the first level relates to the initial message and contains attributes: list of addresses Adr_1, . . . Adr_2, . . . Adr_N of respectively 1st through Nth addressees; a MESS_ID field of a unique identifier of a message; a STATUS field indicating the state of the initial message. Each of the lines of record of a subsequent level relates to a subsidiary message and contains the attributes: address Adr_i of the ith addressee, MESS_ID_i field of an identifier of a subsidiary message for the ith addressee and a STATUS_i field, indicating the state of the subsidiary message for the ith addressee. During reception of the transmitted subsidiary messages by the addressees, a reception confirmation message is formed in the form of a status message containing among other data an identifier of a delivered subsidiary message and data on its current state. When the status message is received by the sender, a search is carried out in the catalogue of initial messages in respect of the feature of the identifier of a subsidiary message MESS_ID_i and if a corresponding subsidiary message is detected, data on the current state of the sent subsidiary message STATUS_i are derived from the received status message and recorded in the STATUS_i field of the line of record of the subsidiary message of the corresponding level.
Inventors
- 👤 Konstantin Vitalievich Vyaznikov
Bibliographic Details
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:17
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/02; H04L12/16; H04L12/18; H04L12/1863; H04L12/1868; H04L51/00; H04L51/21; H04L51/23; H04L51/48; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
219 words
A method of transmitting and processing group messages in an electronic mail system, the method comprising the steps of forming an initial electronic mail message, converting it to ensure transmission to a group of addressees, transmitting the converted initial message to the group of addressees, receiving the transmitted message by addressees of the group of addressees, forming messages confirming reception and transmitting them to a sender, receiving messages confirming the reception and processing them for subsequent use by the sender, characterized in that conversion of the initial message is carried out by forming for each initial message a set of subsidiary messages respectively for each addressee of the group of addressees, wherein each of the subsidiary messages of the initial message includes an information field, which forms the body of the message and is identical for all the subsidiary messages, and a distinguishing service field of an identifier of a corresponding subsidiary message, at least a two-level catalogue of initial messages is formed in which the lines of record of the formed subsidiary messages of subsequent levels match up with the line of record of the initial message of the first level, and during reception of the reception confirmation messages, the received messages match up with the lines of record of all levels of the catalogue of initial messages.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
219 words
A method of transmitting and processing group messages in an electronic mail system, the method comprising the steps of forming an initial electronic mail message, converting it to ensure transmission to a group of addressees, transmitting the converted initial message to the group of addressees, receiving the transmitted message by addressees of the group of addressees, forming messages confirming reception and transmitting them to a sender, receiving messages confirming the reception and processing them for subsequent use by the sender, characterized in that conversion of the initial message is carried out by forming for each initial message a set of subsidiary messages respectively for each addressee of the group of addressees, wherein each of the subsidiary messages of the initial message includes an information field, which forms the body of the message and is identical for all the subsidiary messages, and a distinguishing service field of an identifier of a corresponding subsidiary message, at least a two-level catalogue of initial messages is formed in which the lines of record of the formed subsidiary messages of subsequent levels match up with the line of record of the initial message of the first level, and during reception of the reception confirmation messages, the received messages match up with the lines of record of all levels of the catalogue of initial messages.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
122 words
A method according to claim 1 , characterized in that during the forming of the subsidiary messages, an additional service field is formed in each of them, the service field comprising a feature of the possibility of automatically processing confirmation of delivery, and during reception of the transmitted subsidiary messages by addressees of the group of addressees, said service field is derived and a message confirming reception is formed in the form of a status message in which a service field of the identifier of the delivered subsidiary message is introduced, and a service field for identification of this message as confirmation of delivery and a service field comprising data on the current state of the delivered subsidiary message are additionally formed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
84 words
A method according to claim 2 , characterized in that during reception of the status message, an identifier of the message is derived from the status message, it is compared with identifiers of subsidiary messages recorded on corresponding levels of the catalogue of initial messages, and if coincidence is detected, data on the current state of a sent subsidiary message are derived from the received status message and recorded in the line of record on a corresponding level of the catalogue of initial messages.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method according to claim 3 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, lines of record of subsidiary messages of the second level, ordered according to addresses of those messages contained in the list of addresses of the initial message, are matched up with a line of record of the initial message of the first level.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
70 words
A method according to claim 4 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, lines of record of subsidiary messages of a third level, ordered according to types of mail which are selected for transmitting a subsidiary message with a concrete address, are matched up with a line of record of each of the subsidiary messages of the second level which are ordered by addresses.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
69 words
A method according to claim 3 , characterized in that after reception of status messages for all of the sent subsidiary messages, data on the final state of delivery of the initial message are formed from data derived from service fields of the current state of sent subsidiary messages, and the former data are recorded in the line of record on the first level of the corresponding initial message.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
65 words
A method according to any one of claims 6 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, line of record of subsidiary messages of the second level, ordered according to addresses of those messages contained in the list of addresses of the initial message, are matched up with a line of record of the initial message of the first level.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
70 words
A method according to claim 7 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, lines of record of subsidiary messages of a third level, ordered according to types of mail which are selected for transmitting a subsidiary message with a concrete address, are matched up with a line of record of each of the subsidiary messages of the second level which are ordered by addresses.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
69 words
A method according to claim 2 , characterized in that after reception of status messages for all of the sent subsidiary messages, data on the final state of delivery of the initial message are formed from data derived from service fields of the current state of sent subsidiary messages, and the former data are recorded in the line of record on the first level of the corresponding initial message.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method according to claim 9 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, lines of record of subsidiary messages of the second level, ordered according to addresses of those messages contained in the list of addresses of the initial message, are matched up with a line of record of the initial message of the first level.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
70 words
A method according to claim 10 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, lines of record of subsidiary messages of a third level, ordered according to types of mail which are selected for transmitting a subsidiary message with a concrete address, are matched up with a line of record of each of the subsidiary messages of the second level which are ordered by addresses.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method according to claim 2 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, lines of record of subsidiary messages of the second level, ordered according to addresses of those messages contained in the list of addresses of the initial message, are matched up with a line of record of the initial message of the first level.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
70 words
A method according to claim 12 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, lines of record of subsidiary messages of a third level, ordered according to types of mail which are selected for transmitting a subsidiary message with a concrete address, are matched up with a line of record of each of the subsidiary messages of the second level which are ordered by addresses.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method according to claim 1 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, lines of record of subsidiary messages of the second level, ordered according to addresses of those messages contained in the list of addresses of the initial message, are matched up with a line of record of the initial message of the first level.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
70 words
A method according to claim 14 , characterized in that during the forming of the catalogue of initial messages, lines of record of subsidiary messages of a third level, ordered according to types of mail which are selected for transmitting a subsidiary message with a concrete address, are matched up with a line of record of each of the subsidiary messages of the second level which are ordered by addresses.
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