Patent ID: 7756934
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for electronic information transfer by a sender comprising: composing an electronic message on a sender terminal, the sender terminal storing announcement files; associating at least one announcement file with an attribute of the electronic message, the announcement file configured for playing at a recipient terminal upon the recipient terminal receiving the electronic message, the announcement file configured to be played indicating to the recipient that an email has arrived and the recipient standard new email notification being suppressed, wherein associating an attribute of the electronic message with the announcement file includes using message urgency, a sender address and a subject of the electronic message to associate the message with the at least one announcement file; wherein the announcement file includes a first bit indicating whether the announcement file is a directly accessed announcement file or an address to an announcement file, two second bits, indicating the type of the announcement file and whether the announcement file is compressed, a two third bits, indicating the types of indirect paths to the announcement file; sending the electronic message and the announcement file as an attachment to the electronic message over a network to a recipient at the recipient terminal; wherein the attaching the announcement file to the electronic message includes defining an announcer identifier in a message header, the announcer identifier including a first bit to indicate the presence of an announcement file, two second bits indicating the number of announcement files associated with the message.