Patent ID: 9385974
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a communication system to transfer user data messages to users, the method comprising: in a messaging data system, storing the user data messages in association with message stream identifiers and message delivery metrics and processing the message delivery metrics to enter the user data messages into a plurality of delivery queues associated with a plurality of message transmission systems; in the messaging data system, receiving a data request indicating one of the message stream identifiers and one of the message transmission systems, and in response, identifying a set of the user data messages and their associated message delivery metrics based on the data request; in the messaging data system, receiving a data instruction indicating the one message stream identifier, the one message transmission system, and a new one of the message delivery metrics, and in response, re-entering the set of the user data messages into the one delivery queue associated with the one message transmission system based on the data instruction; and in the message transmission systems, receiving the user data messages from the messaging data system based on their associated delivery queues and transferring the user data messages over a plurality of data networks for receipt by the users.