Patent ID: 7966373

Claim:
A method of delivering a sender-created message to one or more recipients using at least one messaging device, the method comprising: creating message content and message information for the message in a universal message form using a message client, wherein the universal message form comprises a header and a body, the header including the message information comprising data identifying the one or more recipients of the message, and the body including the message content and wherein the body is initially devoid of any fields; embedding at least one sender-defined response field in the body, the response field adapted to directly accept message responses in a recipient-created format that is independent of sender-defined parameters in the sender-created message; automatically accessing recipient profiles stored in a database, the recipient profiles created by the one or more recipients, the recipient profiles comprising data indicative of a recipient's location and schedule, the recipient profiles further comprising data indicative of one or more types of messaging devices available for receiving the message based upon a current time and the data indicative of the recipient's location and schedule; translating in a message server the message content and the universal message form into a message format usable by each of the one or more types of messaging devices selected by the recipient in the recipient profile; and transmitting the message and the universal message form to each of the one or more types of messaging devices selected by the recipient; wherein translating into the message format is based at least on a message sensitivity level.