Patent ID: 6014688
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A method of presenting, on a screen of a second computer that uses a second e-mail platform, information to a recipient that has been electronically transmitted as an e-mail message from a first computer using a first e-mail platform to said second computer and receiving at said first computer from said second computer a return receipt comprising the steps of:forming a data file representing said information as a plurality of objects, certain of said objects having associated therewith digital images;creating an e-mail message file by combining together executable software that can cause said information to automatically present itself on said screen of said second computer, generate a return receipt indicating that said information has been presented and cause said digital images to be rendered and said data file;electronically transmitting said e-mail message file from said first computer to said second computer;automatically presenting said information on said screen of said second computer;generating, at said second computer and using said executable software and said second e-mail platform, said return receipt; andreceiving, after transmission of said return receipt, said return receipt at said first computer, thereby indicating that said information has been presented to said recipient.