At+t Corp.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

Lucent Technologies Inc.

Ajay K Jain

Carrick John Pierce

Baris Mestanogullari

Nicholas Bandy

Agnes Casenave

David Bernard Barton

Robert F Henrick

Paramdeep S Sahni

Vijay Kumar Gurbani

Alec Brusilovsky

Alok K Gupta

Gisli Hjalmtysson

Douglas William Varney

Anurag Singh Maunder

Warren A Montgomery

Shri P Jain

Ram N Rathore

A data processing system is configured to perform a computer implemented method for facilitation of efficient processing of electronic messages via a network from message sources. The method includes receiving an electronic message including actionable object data and textual object data from a message source device. The actionable object data includes parameters actionable by at least one data processing transaction device to perform data processing transactions external to the network device and the textual object data including descriptors of the parameters actionable by the at least one data processing transaction device. The textual object data is operable by devices incompatible with the actionable object data. The method includes calculating an execution command for the data processing transaction in response to the actionable object data and based on at least the parameters of the actionable object data.

Message encoding and transmission across multiple platforms

The instant presence system authoritatively determines the present communication location of a subscriber, who may be at any of a number of possible locations. When the subscriber changes their location, they can use a subscriber communication device that is operational at their new location to update their point of presence on the telephone communication network. The instant presence system enables the communication network to complete a communication connection from a calling party to the called party with certainty. The calling party therefore can reach the called party with certainty by simply dialing a single listed directory number associated with the called party, relying on the instant presence system to complete the call connection to the called party, regardless of the present location of the called party.

Instant presence system for a guaranteed call connection

PSTN Internet Notification (PIN) services that can be provided as part of interconnecting IP and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) systems with the intent of converging existing and creating new hybrid PSTN and IP services. PSTN Events Notification, based on well-defined PIN protocols, will promote interoperability of both the networks and systems built by different vendors.

PSTN-internet notification services

A method for increasing the capability of the network to provide intelligent services can be accessed by any flow and allows the flow to install the services specific features to the flow. The present invention allows the software agents to be dynamically loaded into the network component to provide the services desired by the user. The present invention provides a detector in a switch in the network processing the flow that detects the presence of a predetermined control packet in the flow, and upon detection of this control packet, the detector loads a particular software object from a library of objects into the switch or router, which software object is then immediately executed by the switch to process the flow. This enables the user of the switch to request additional service from the switch after the data flow has been initiated, or to modify the flow parameters in a seamless manner.

Enhancing the intelligent service capability of a network after a data flow has been established

A communications system is designed to receive programmed instructions from an end-user device, invoke within the system the necessary processes needed to execute these instructions, and to marshal and allocate the needed resources to deliver a communications service requested by the sender of the programmed instructions

Network-independent communications system

A method for enabling targeted marketing of users on the Internet maintains the privacy of the users. The present invention takes advantage of the unique customer knowledge of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) with respect to both the customers identity and their likes and dislikes, while preserving the privacy of those customers. Data mining is performed on customers, including the sites that they visit. For example, customers with children are identified by visits to the Disney site. The availability of this list is then used to attract businesses with interest in this customer base. An offer, perhaps with enticements such as coupons or contests, is prepared on a Web site. The ISP then makes the customer aware of that offer via an E-mail with short text describing that offer and a Hypertext link to that page. The customer is informed that they may take advantage of the offer and as a convenience and service to the customer and the advertiser, the ISP will provide their identity to the advertiser. Only when the customer selects the embedded URL is their identity disclosed. The ISP will then identify the customer to the advertiser by associating the customer's temporary IP address with their true identity as a service to the advertiser. Billing will be determined by both the total number of E-mails delivered and the number of responses generated.

Method for performing targeted marketing over a large computer network

A method and apparatus provide recipient control of the delivery of an electronic message. The sender of the message, which can be text, audio, video and multimedia, delivers the message to the recipient's carrier's optimally located mail server. Rather than sending the complete message, the sender's mail server transmits a short message containing in the header a mail server address and/or hyperlink where the message resides, along with the address and/or hyperlink of any applet needed to read the message. The recipient can then choose whether or not to receive the entire message.

System for recipient control of E-mail message by sending complete version of message only with confirmation from recipient to receive message

A method for storing caller identification information as a log of answered and unanswered telephone calls at a central server. This call log server is accessible by the internet, so if a subscriber is traveling, he or she is still able to access and read a list of answered and unanswered calls to the subscriber's home station. Internet devices such as browsers that are internet telephony capable may return a call from the call log list using a point and click sequence. The call log may be processed from natural chronological order into a personal priority order such as: family, professional and everything else. This call log may also be forwarded via e-mail to the subscriber. Such e-mail forwarding may be either contemporaneously with call logging or periodically.

Telephone caller identification log with internet access

Algorithms for call set up and monitoring of calls intended for high end customers, who prefer to be reached any time, any where and very fast, allow for quick call set up by referring to a customer profile data base in real time during the call set up process. The customer profile database includes all network addresses (telephone numbers, e.g., day time number, evening number, wireless number, pager number, etc.) where the customer can be reached and will keep a record of the number where the customer was reached the last time. This service is implemented on a new NCP or as a new application on an existing NCP with sufficient capacity. The NCP data base includes several data elements for each customer: These include: the customer calling number indicating that a query to an NCP is needed before initiating the call set up; preferred call set up algorithm, e.g., call me where my last call completed; call according to day of the week and time of the day schedule, call all numbers simultaneously, connect directly to my mailbox or call my pager, etc.; preferred calling numbers for each day of the week and the time of day; and the calling number where the most recent call was completed. In an emergency contact all the emergency contacts in the conference mode.

Customer defined call setup

A system and method for transmitting a facsimile or voice transmission by an originating device over a telecommunications network by a selected one of a plurality of qualities of service. A local or first communication path is provided between the originating device and a double dialer and a network or second communication path is provided between the double dialer and a point of presence associated with a plurality of telecommunications networks, wherein each telecommunications network is identified by an indicator corresponding to a quality of service. A modified destination number having a destination telephone number and the indicator corresponding to the selected quality of service incorporated therein is transmitted from either the double dialer or the originating device to the point of presence. The outgoing facsimile is then routed over the local and network paths from the originating device to the point of presence. The point of presence subsequently transmits the facsimile or voice transmission to a destination device associated with the destination phone number over the telecommunications network corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of qualities of service. The system and method applies to the transmission of a facsimile message from a facsimile machine and the transmission of a voice message or real-time communication from a telecommunications handset.

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Holmdel, NJ, United States of America

Ajay K Jain