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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2008
Ikka Teppo, Espoo, FI;
Marko Ahtisaari, Helsinki, FI;
Timo Ahopelto, Helsinki, FI;
CVON Innovations Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are concerned with modification of messages en route to a destination. In one aspect embodiments of the invention provide a method of modifying a message transmitted from a sending party to a receiving party through a communications network, the method including: intercepting the message in the communications network; selecting a plurality of channels of data on the basis of the sending party or the receiving party, each channel comprising a plurality of data items and being accessible by parties in addition to the sending party or the receiving party; applying one or more predetermined rules to at least some of the selected data items so as to identify a data item therefrom; and pending data derived from the identified data item to said intercepted message.