METHOD AND SYSTEM EOR DELIVERING SENDER-INITIATED PERSONALIZED INFORMATION
FIELD
|0001| The present invention relates to a mobile telecommunication network. More particularly, the present invention relates to delivering sender-initiated information in the mobile telecommunication network in a personalized manner.
BACKGROUND
[0002] With the advent of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and other digital-based telecommunications systems, a number of advanced non-speech services are further provided to mobile subscribers. One such conventional service includes a point-to-point Short Message Service (SMS), a subscriber service which operates similarly to a pager. For example, using an SMS message, a mobile subscriber is able to communicate text messages with another Mobile Station (MS) or an SMS terminal without establishing a completely physical circuit connection. A first mobile subscriber types the desired text message, up to about 160 alphanumeric characters, indicates the directory number associated with the destination mobile subscriber, and transmits the SMS message encapsulating the desired text message.
[0003] Conventionally, a source mobile device from multiple manufacturers is capable of transmitting the SMS to multiple mobile devices using one or more protocols. Transmission of the SMS to the multiple mobile devices is referred as group messaging. Currently, group messaging requires a user of the source mobile device to personally select or mark one or more recipients from his phone book and then send the SMS. However, group messaging consumes time when the user has to send personalized message to the recipients. Hence, the current methodology of group messaging restricts itself from editing and/or personalizing the message during the transmission of the message to the recipients.
[0004] In light of the foregoing discussion, there is a need for a method and system to solve the above mentioned problems.

SUMMARY
|0005] Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to method and system for delivering sender-initiated information.
|0006] In one embodiment, a method for delivering personalized messages by a sender to a plurality of recipients includes selecting the plurality of recipients from a list of recipients. Further, the method includes generating a plurality of personalized sender-initiated information for the plurality of recipients in a preview display screen associated with a personalized messaging application. Furthermore, the method includes delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to the plurality of recipients.
|0007J In one embodiment, a system is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a storage unit for storing sender-initiated information and instructions. The electronic device also includes a processor responsive to the instructions for generating a preview display screen. Further, the processor is responsive to the instructions for generating a plurality of personalized sender-initiated information, in the preview display screen. Furthermore, the processor is responsive to the instructions for delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to a plurality of recipients associated with a plurality of electronic devices.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
10008] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
[0009] FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for delivering personalized messages by a sender to a plurality of recipients, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;
[0010] FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for delivering the sender-initiated information by the sender to the plurality of recipients, in accordance with another exemplary embodiment;

|0011] FIG. 4 shows exemplar>' screen shots of a mobile phone delivering the sender-initiated information to the plurality of recipients, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment; and
|0012| FIG. 5 shows exemplary screen shots of mobile phones of the one or more
recipients, viewing the plurality of personalized messages, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0013] Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method and
system for delivering sender-initiated information.
|0014] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. The electronic device may be a sender electronic device. Examples of the sender electronic device include, but are not limited to, a mobile phone 105A, a smart phone, a pager and a Personal Digital Assistance (PDA). The mobile phone 105A includes a storage unit 110 for storing information and instructions. An example of the storage unit 110 includes but is not limited to a Random Access Memory (RAM). The mobile phone 105A also includes a processor 115. The processor 115 can include an integrated electronic circuit for processing and controlling functionalities of the mobile phone 105A.
(00151 The processor 115 is responsive to the instructions for generating a preview display screen. Further, the processor 115 is responsive to the instructions for generating a plurality of personalized sender-initiated information, in the preview display screen. Furthermore, the processor 115 is responsive to the instructions for delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to a plurality of recipients associated with a plurality of electronic devices.
[0016] In some embodiments, the functions performed by the processor 115 may also be performed by one or more units coupled to the processor 115. The one or more units may be internally or externally coupled to the processor 115.

10017] The mobile phone 105A includes an input device 120. The input device 120 includes various keys, for communicating information to the processor 115. The information communicated to the processor 115 can be the information required for establishing a communication between the mobile phone 105A and the plurality of electronic devices, for example a mobile phone 105B and, a mobile phone 105C. The infonnation can be communicated to the processor 115 from a machine-readable medium. The term machine-readable medium can be defined as a medium providing data to a machine to enable the machine to perform a specific fijnction. The machine-readable medium can be a storage media. The storage media can be the storage unit 110. All such media must be tangible to enable the instructions carried by the media to be detected by a physical mechanism that reads the instructions into the machine.
|0018] The machine readable medium can also include online links, download links, and installation links providing the information to the processor 115.
[0019] The mobile phone 105A also includes a display unit 125. An example of the display unit 125 includes, but is not limited to a liquid crystal display (LCD).
[0020] In one embodiment, the display unit 125 is used to display the preview display screen. The input device 120 can also be included in the display 125, for example a touch screen.
[0021] Various exemplary embodiments are related to the use of the mobile phone
105A for implementing the techniques described herein. In one embodiment, the techniques are performed by the processor 115 using information included in the storage unit 110.
[0022] In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the mobile phone
105A can be connected to the plurality of electronic devices through a network 130.
|0023] In one exemplary embodiment, a user creates a message, for example a Short
Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and/or electronic mail, in the mobile phone 105A, and selects the plurality of recipients from the list of recipients for delivering the message to the plurality of recipients. The list of recipients

may be stored in the storage unit 110. The list of recipients may pertain to a phone book of the mobile phone 105A. The message is referred to as the sender-initiated information. Examples of the plurality of recipients include, but are not limited to, the recipients of the mobile phone 105B and the mobile phone 105C. The storage unit 110 stores the message and the instructions.
[0024] The process of delivering the message to the mobile phone 105B and the mobile phone 105C is explained as follows:
|0025J If the user selects the personalized messaging application option for
delivering the message to the recipients of the mobile phone 105B and the mobile phone 105C, then the processor 115 generates the preview display screen on the display 125. The personalized messaging application is installed in the mobile phone 105A, the mobile phone 105B and the mobile phone 105C. The personalized messaging application is configured to generate personalized or customized messages in the preview display screen of the mobile phone 105A. The personalized messaging application is also configured to enable the recipients of the mobile phone 105B and the mobile phone 105C to view the personalized messages in the preview display screens of the mobile phone 105B and the mobile phone 105C. The processor 115 allows the user to generate the plurality of personalized messages, for example a first personalized message and a second personalized message in the preview display screen.
[0026] In an exemplary embodiment, the preview display screen is associated with
the personalized messaging application. The personalized messaging application may be an option configured in the mobile phone 105A for delivering the plurality of personalized messages.
[0027] The first personalized message corresponds to the recipient of the mobile
phone 105B and the second personalized message corresponds to the recipient of the mobile phone 105C. The processor 115 automatically tags the recipient name of the mobile phone 105B in header of the message in order to generate the first personalized message. Similarly, if the user clicks a "NEXT" tab which is at least one option configured in the preview display screen, then the processor 115 automatically tags the

recipient name of the mobile phone 105C in header of the message in order to generate the second personalized message, further, the user can click on a "SEND" tab which can be another option configured in the preview display screen for simultaneously sending the first personalized message and the second personalized message to the recipients of the mobile phone 105B and the mobile phone 105C.
|0028| In some embodiments, processors of the mobile phone 105B and the mobile
phone 105C generate the preview display screens in the mobile phone 105B and the mobile phone 105C to view the personalized messages. For example, the first personalized message is displayed in the preview display screen of the mobile phone 105B. Similarly, the second personalized message is displayed in the preview display screen of the mobile phone 105C.
[0029] In an exemplary embodiment, the processor 115 may be capable of delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to multiple groups segregated in the list of recipients by the user. Delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to the multiple groups may be ternied as group messaging. Group messaging includes creating the multiple groups and adding the plurality of recipients to at least one group of the multiple groups by the user.
[0030] FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for delivering personalized messages by the sender to the plurality of recipients, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0031] The method starts at step 205.
[0032] At step 210, the plurality of recipients is selected from the list of recipients. For example, the plurality of recipients is selected by the user of the mobile phone 105A for delivering the personalized message created by the user.
[0033] At step 215, the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information is generated for the plurality of recipients in the preview display screen associated with the personalized messaging application.

|0034] At step 220, the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information is delivered to the plurality of recipients.
|0035] rhe method terminates at step 225.
|0036] rhe above mentioned steps described in FIG. 2 are well explained in detail in conjunction with FIG. 3.
|0037J FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for delivering the sender-initiated information by the sender to the plurality of recipients, in accordance with another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
10038] The method starts at step 305.
[0039] At step 310, the plurality of recipients is selected from the list of recipients for delivering the sender-initiated information. For example, the plurality of recipients is selected by the user of the mobile phone 105A for delivering the sender-initiated information created by the user. The sender-initiated information may be the message created by the user in the mobile phone 105A. The message may be a text message. For example, the SMS created by the user of the mobile phone 105A. The user selects the plurality of recipients from the list of recipients stored in the storage unit 110 of the mobile phone 105A to whom the sender desires to send the message. The list of recipients may include a phone number of at least one recipient, address of the at least one recipient, business contact infonnation of the at least one recipient, name of the at least one recipient and electronic mailing address of the at least one recipient.
|0040] In one aspect, the user of the mobile phone 105A may also select the plurality of recipients pertained to the group segregated in the list of recipients. For example, the user may select all the recipients pertained to the group 'FAMILY'.
[0041] In one embodiment, the message may be an already forwarded message present in message inbox of the mobile phone 105A.

[0042] hi one embodiment, the sender may desire to deliver a forward message to the plurality of recipients. The message may comprise of one or more graphics and one or more symbols generating one or more sounds.
[0043] In some exemplary embodiments, the message can be created by the user of the mobile phone 105A by attaching one or more files stored in the wireless device to a unit of the message for generating an attachment based message.
|0044] At step 315, the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information is generated for the plurality of recipients in the preview display screen associated with the personalized messaging application. The personalized messaging application is configured to generate the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information in the preview display screen of the mobile phone 105A.
[0045] The method of generating the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information in the mobile phone 105A is explained in the following steps.
[0046] At step 320, the personalized messaging application is installed in the sender electronic device of the sender. For example, the personalized messaging application is installed in the mobile phone 105A of the user. The personalized messaging application is configured to generate the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information in the preview display screen of the mobile phone 105A for delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to the plurality of recipients. The personalized messaging application may be configured in the mobile phone 105A as one of the options intended to deliver the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to the plurality of recipients.
[0047] At step 325, names of each of the plurality of recipients are tagged in header of the sender-initiated information created by the sender to generate each of the plurality of personalized sender-initiated infomiation. For example, the recipient of the mobile phone 105B is "Alice" then header of the personalized sender-initiated information for "Alice" will be tagged with the term "Dear Alice" followed by the sender-initiated information created initially by the user. The personalized sender-initiated information

generated for "Alice" can be referred to as the first personalized sender-initiated information. Similarly, if the user clicks the "NEXT" tab which is at least one option configured in the preview display screen, then the recipient name of the mobile phone 105C is tagged in header of the sender-initiated information created initially by the user in order to generate the second personalized message.
|0048] At step 330, the sender-initiated information is edited by the sender to generate each of the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information. In one embodiment, the user may edit the sender-initiated information to generate personalized sender-initiated information. For example, the user of the mobile phone 105A may desire to add a salutation to the message in the preview display screen and send the edited message to the recipient of the mobile phone 105B.
[0049) In one embodiment, the user may not edit the message, in the preview display screen, to be sent to the recipient of the mobile phone 105C.
[0050] For example, if the user selects the recipients "Rahul" and "Kiran" from his list of recipients to send the SMS. Further, if the user chooses the personalized messaging application option to send the SMS to "Rahul" and "Kiran", then the display unit 125 navigates to the preview display screen. The preview display screen displays the SMS tagged with "Dear Rahul" followed by the SMS. The SMS tagged with the "Dear Rahul" is referred to as the first personalized sender-initiated information. Further, if the user clicks on the "NEXT" tab configured as at least one option in the preview display screen then the SMS composed by the user is tagged with "Dear Kiran" followed by the SMS. The SMS tagged with the "Dear Kiran" is referred to as the second personalized sender-initiated information.
[0051] The SMS created by the user is personalized for "Rahul" and "Kiran". Further, identity of "Rahul" is isolated from "Kiran" for enabling receipt of the personalized message. For example, the recipient "Kiran" is unaware of same SMS being sent to "Rahul" and vice versa, as the message is tagged with individual recipient names.

|0052] At step 335, one or more multimedia tiles are attached to the sender-initiated information by the sender to generate each of the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information. For example, the user of the mobile phone 105A may attach an image to the message in the preview display screen to generate the first personalized sender-initiated information. The user may attach a video file to the message to generate the second personalized sender-initiated information.
100531 At step 340, the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information is delivered to the plurality of recipients.
[0054] One or more protocols may be used for delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information through the network 130. Examples of the one or more protocols include, but are not limited to, an Internet Protocol (IP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). The plurality of personalized sender-initiated information may be sent to the multiple groups segregated in the list of recipients. For example, the list of recipients may be segregated into a group named 'FRIENDS' and another group named 'FAMILY'. The user can select the plurality of recipients pertained to the multiple groups to deliver the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information. For example, the user may desire to send the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to the plurality of recipients pertained to the group 'FAMILY'.
[0055J In one embodiment, the personalized messaging application is installed in the plurality of electronic devices of the plurality of recipient, for example the personalized messaging application is installed in the mobile phone 105B and the mobile phone 105C. The personalized messaging application is configured to enable the plurality of recipients to view the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information. Each of the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information is viewed in the preview display screen of each of the electronic devices of the plurality of recipients.
[0056] The method terminates at step 345.

|0057] FIG. 4 shows exemplary screen shot of the mobile phone 105A delivering the sender-initiated information to the plurality of recipients, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.
(0058J The mobile phone 105A displays a sender display screen 405. The sender
display screen 405 may be the display unit 125. Further, the sender display screen 405 shows a composed SMS 410. The composed SMS 410 is created by the user and is the sender-initiated information. In one embodiment, the composed SMS 410 may not be composed or created by the user and may be the forward SMS stored in the message inbox of the mobile phone 105A. Once the composed SMS 410 is created by the user, the user clicks on a send tab 415. A display screen 420 appears on the click of the send tab 415. The display screen 420 displays a text mode option 425 and the personalized messaging application option 430. The personalized messaging application option 430 which enables the user to personalize the composed SMS 410. If the user clicks the personalized messaging application option 430 a screen shot of a display screen 435 is displayed on the sender display screen 405. The display screen 435 includes the list of recipients. The user selects the plurality of recipients to whom the user desires to send the composed SMS 410. The plurality of recipients may belong to a group, for example a group named FRIENDS or a group named FAMILY. For example the one or more recipients present in the list can be George 440, Haris 445 and John 450. The user after selecting the desired recipients clicks a tab 455, a display screen 460 is displayed on the sender display screen 405. If the user selects the option 465 a preview display screen 470 is displayed to the user. The composed SMS 410 is automatically tagged with the first desired recipient name in the header of the composed SMS 410 to generate the first personalized sender-initiated information. For example, a header 475 displaying the recipient name George tagged to the composed SMS 410. The user can fiirther repeat clicking on the "NEXT" tab 480 to tag rest of the desired recipient's names in the header of each message to generate the plurality of personalized messages, for example the second personalized sender-initiated information for the recipient John and third personalized sender-initiated information for the recipient Haris. Further, the user can also edit the composed SMS 410. Lastly, when the sender clicks on a "SEND" tab 485 a display screen 490 is displayed. The display screen 490 displays the progress of

delivering the personalized SMS present in the display screen 470 to the plurality of recipients.
|0059] FIG. 5 shows screen shots of mobile phones of the one or more recipients,
viewing the plurality of personalized messages, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
|0060] In one aspect of the recipient viewing the plurality of personalized messages,
an alert 505 is received in at least one recipients mobile phone, for example the mobile phone 105B, to notify the recipient, for example George, about arrival of a new message. If George clicks an open option 510 to view the new message, then a preview display screen 515 is displayed to George in the mobile phone 105B. The preview display screen 515 displays the first personalized sender-initiated information 520 sent by the user of the mobile phone 105A.
[0061] In another aspect of the recipient viewing the plurality of personalized
messages, an alert 525 is received in the mobile phone 105C to notify the recipient, for example John, about the arrival of a new message. If John clicks an open option 530 to view the new message, then a preview display screen 535 is displayed to John in the mobile phone 105C. The preview display screen 535 displays the second personalized sender-initiated information 540 sent by the user of the mobile phone 105A.
[0062] In yet another aspect of the recipient viewing the plurality of personalized
messages, an alert 545 is received in a mobile phone 105D to notify the recipient, for example Haris, about the arrival of a new message. If Haris clicks an open option 550 to view the new message, then a preview display screen 555 is displayed to John in the mobile phone 105D. The preview display screen 555 displays the third personalized sender-initiated information 560 sent by the user of the mobile phone 105A.
[0063] Various embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for
delivering sender-initiated information. The user of the mobile phone 105A can easily send personalized sender-initiated information to selected recipients or the plurality of recipients belonging to the group. Thus, the user can easily send the personalized sender-

initiated information to multiple recipients without manually personalizing the sender-initiated information for each of the plurality of recipients. Hence, the time consumed in sending personalized sender-initiated information to multiple recipients or the multiple groups is reduced.
[0064] The present invention and its advantages have been described with reference to specific exemplary embodiments. However, it will be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art that various modifications and changes can be made, without departing from the scope of the present invention, as set forth in the claims below. Accordingly, the specification and figures are to be regarded as illustrative examples of the present invention, rather than in restrictive sense. All such possible modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

CLAIMS
I/We claim:
1. A method for delivering personalized messages to a plurality of recipients, the
method comprising:
selecting the plurality of recipients from a list of recipients;
generating a plurality of personalized sender-initiated information for the plurality
of recipients in a preview display screen associated with a personalized messaging
application; and
delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to the
plurality of recipients.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sender-initiated information is a
message created by the sender in a sender electronic device.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the list of recipients further comprises at
least one of:
a phone number of at least one recipient;
an address of the at least one recipient;
a business contact information of the at least one recipient;
a name of the at least one recipient; and
an electronic mailing address of the at least one recipient.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the personalized messaging application is
installed in the sender electronic device of the sender for delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to the plurality of recipients.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of generating the plurality of
personalized sender-initiated information further comprises:

tagging names of each of the plurality of recipients in header of the sender-initiated infonnation created by the sender;
editing the sender-initiated information by the sender responsive to the tagging; and
attaching one or more multimedia files to the sender-initiated information by the sender responsive to the editing to generate each of the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step of tagging the name fiirther
comprises:
selecting at least one option of the preview display screen.
7. An electronic device comprising:
a storage unit for storing sender-initiated information and instructions; and a processor responsive to the instructions for:
generating a preview display screen;
generating a plurality of personalized sender-initiated information, in the preview display screen; and
delivering the plurality of personalized sender-initiated information to a plurality of recipients associated with a plurality of electronic devices.
8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein at least one electronic device is
at least one of:
a cellular device;
a smart phone;
a pager;
a laptop; and
personal digital assistance (PDA).
9. A method for delivering sender-initiated information in an electronic device, the
electronic device as described herein and in accompanying figures.

10. The electronic device for performing a method, the method as described herein and in accompanying figures.