Patent ID: 7133901
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. In a system comprising an information system and a graphical user interface associated with the information system, a method for selectively displaying at least one announcement upon the graphical user interface to a group of recipients selected from a plurality of recipients, the method comprising: a step for creating an electronic announcement comprising a termination attribute, a message attribute, and a target criteria attribute; a step for identifying a group of recipients from the plurality of recipients to receive the electronic announcement by comparing the target criteria attribute against one or more attributes associated with each of the plurality of recipients, the group of recipients comprising at least one recipient of the plurality of recipients having at least one of the one or more attributes matching the target criteria attribute; a step for persistently displaying the electronic announcement to the at least one recipient accessing the information system subsequent to delivery of the electronic announcement; and a step for terminating the persistent display of the electronic announcement based upon the termination attribute defined by an author of the announcement.