Patent ID: 8856094

Claim:
A computerized remote segmentation system for sending email messages to subscribers over a network, comprising: a computer including a segmentation definition module comprising a definition of segmentation dimensions used to query a remotely located database system comprising customer profile data and email addresses; a dynamic remote segmentation user interface (UI) to the segmentation definition module, the dynamic UI being operatively configured to create and save a remote segment comprising a name and template parameters, the dynamic UI including a set of attributes for filtering the remotely located database system into segments; a remote segmentation engine operatively configured to send the saved remote segment to the remotely located database system and receive a response comprising a dynamically created list of subscribers; and an email campaign manager containing program code which, when executed by a processor in a computer, causes the computer to perform operations of sending an email message over the network to a customer identified from the dynamically created list of subscriber, the list updated automatically as subscriber records and data are added to the remotely located database so that an email message sent over the network will be current and relevant to an identified customer.