Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-11-07
2000-12-05
Alam, Hosain T.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707 10, 707100, 707103, 707104, 707501, 707507, 707513, G06F 1730
Patent
active
061579246
ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems and computer program products for delivering information to a user in one or more preferred delivery media are provided. Preferred delivery media includes, but is not limited to, e-mail, HTML, fax, printed copy, and mail. A user profile, indicating a user's preferred delivery medium (or media), is retrievably stored. When a user requests information, the user's profile is searched to determine the preferred delivery medium (or media) within which to deliver the requested information to the user. The requested information is retrieved, formatted for the preferred delivery medium, and then delivered to the user in the preferred medium. If the information is delivered to a user in multiple media, a consistent format among the various delivery media is maintained. The integrity of information delivered to a user is also verifiable, regardless of the delivery medium.
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Alam Hosain T.
Alam Shahid
Bell & Howell Mail Processing Systems Company
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