Method and apparatus for automatic notification and response based on communication flow expressions
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    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for automatic notification and response based on communication flow expressions 有权
    基于通信流程表的自动通知和响应方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07436947B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-14

    申请号:US10184325

    申请日:2002-06-26

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16 H04M7/00 H04J3/16

    摘要: A disclosed notification and response system enables applications to communicate with recipients using a number of different media. The notification and response system (i) sends requests to one or more recipients, using the medium specified by each individual recipient; (ii) collects and processes responses; and (iii) forwards the responses to their final destination by means of the medium specified by the final destination. Applications frame requests in at least one supported human language and media format, and the request is delivered to the appropriate recipient(s), according to their preferences. Communication flow expressions specify the recipients for a given request, and how, when and where each recipient shall receive the request. Requests are dynamically updated, and the parameters of a communication flow expression are not evaluated, until the request is delivered. Communication flow rules specify recipient's communication preferences and tailor communication flows to characteristics of the sender, the topic or scheduling constraints. Communication flow expressions are evaluated using a three-valued logic: notification failure (maybe), response failure (false) and response success (true). Primitives specify simultaneous or sequential contact, and when execution of the sub-expression should terminate by defining a logical combination of success test results.

    摘要翻译: 所公开的通知和响应系统使得应用程序能够使用许多不同的媒体与收件人进行通信。 通知和响应系统(i)使用每个接收者指定的媒体向一个或多个接收者发送请求; (ii)收集和处理响应; 和(iii)通过最终目的地指定的媒介将响应转发到其最终目的地。 应用程序以至少一种受支持的人类语言和媒体格式的帧请求,并且根据其偏好将请求传递给适当的接收者。 通信流程表达式指定给定请求的收件人,以及每个收件人如何,何时何地接收请求。 请求被动态更新,并且通信流表达式的参数不被评估,直到请求被传递。 通信流规则指定接收者的通信偏好并且定制到发送者的特征,主题或调度约束的通信流。 通信流表达式使用三值逻辑进行评估:通知失败(可能),响应失败(false)和响应成功(true)。 原语指定同时或顺序联系,并且当通过定义成功测试结果的逻辑组合来终止子表达式的执行时。