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Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2006
Applicants:

Edward M. Silver, Atlanta, GA (US);

Sharon E. Carter, Austell, GA (US);

Darryl C. Moore, Conyers, GA (US);

Jerry Liu, Atlanta, GA (US);

Robert Starr, Decatur, GA (US);

Inventors:

Edward M. Silver, Atlanta, GA (US);

Sharon E. Carter, Austell, GA (US);

Darryl C. Moore, Conyers, GA (US);

Jerry Liu, Atlanta, GA (US);

Robert Starr, Decatur, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for electronic information transfer by a sender. The method includes composing an electronic message on a sender terminal. At least one announcement file is associated with an attribute of the electronic message, the announcement file configured for playing at a recipient terminal upon the recipient terminal receiving the electronic message. The electronic message and the association to the announcement file is sent over a network to a recipient at the recipient terminal. Embodiments include a computer program product for implementing the method.


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