Systems, methods and computer program products for electronic information transfer by a sender

US7756934B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Edward Michael Silver · Atlanta, US
• Sharon E. Carter · Austell, US
• Darryl Cynthia Moore · Social Circle, US
• Jerry Liu · Atlanta, US
• Robert J. Starr · Decatur, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 13, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

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.