Patent ID: 7917576
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for sending electronic mail from a client operating within a client-server architecture, the method comprising: (a) provisioning the client with client broadcast text messaging software; (b) provisioning a server with server broadcast text messaging software, (c) broadcasting from the client a text message in a broadcast transmission in a format of the broadcast text messaging software using subject based addressing wherein text in a subject field of the text message indicates an intended recipient, and wherein the text message is a non-email formatted message and contains electronic mail parameters including a destination email address for the electronic mail in a body of the text message; (d) receiving the text message at the server after discerning from the text in the subject field that the text message is intended for the server; (e) reformatting the text message from the format of the broadcast text messaging software to a format compatible with an email server, wherein the reformatted text message is addressed to the destination email address obtained from the body of the text message; and (f) forwarding the reformatted text message to the email server in an email transmission to the destination email address; (i) identifying a triggering event that precipitates a need for the electronic mail; (ii) determining an email body, an email subject, and the destination email address for the electronic mail, wherein the email body, the email subject, and the destination email address correspond to the triggering event; and (iii) instructing the client broadcast text messaging software to broadcast the text message containing the electronic mail parameters, wherein the electronic mail parameters contains the email body, the email subject, and the destination email address.