Patent ID: 9231900
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing by a first end-user communication device a received electronic communication, the method comprising: receiving the electronic communication by the first end-user communication device where the electronic communication comprises a digital packet having a header segment and a user data segment, the user data segment containing a user message and a priority value; determining, by a first module of an enhanced services application program, a first message priority based on the received priority value that defines first visual indicia representing a first priority for the user message, a plurality of different message priorities with associated different visual indicia being defined by corresponding priority values; the user message in the user data segment being received in an encrypted form; the priority value identifying one of a plurality of decryption algorithms and decryption keys that is needed to decrypt the encrypted user message to produce clear text information; processing the encrypted user data segment using said one by the enhanced services application program to extract clear text information represented by the user message, the priority value defining both visual indicia representative of a corresponding user message priority and decryption information needed to extract clear text information represented by the user message; displaying, under the control of the first module of the enhanced services application program, the user message concurrent with the first visual indicia on a screen segment of the first end-user's communication device so that the first priority assigned to the received user message is visually conveyed to the first end-user.