Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatic notification and response based on communication flow expressions having dynamic context. A message is provided from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of potential paths. The communication flow is controlled by a communication flow expression having a dynamic context, wherein the communication flow expression contains at least one primitive keyword indicating how the message should be processed. The dynamic context of the communication flow expression may be established using one or more labels or a context function. A number of primitive keywords are provided that allow a communication flow expression to react to a dynamic context.

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›1.independentA method for providing a message from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of potential paths…+22

›2.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein said dynamic context is established by said data-processing system.d2+9

›3.↳ 2The method of claim 2, wherein said one or more labels are inherited by each child node of the node to which said one or more labels are applied.d3

›4.↳ 2The method of claim 2, wherein said one or more labels are unique.d3

›5.↳ 2The method of claim 2, wherein said one or more labels are a condition in a communication rule.d3

›6.↳ 2The method of claim 2, wherein one or more of said labels are tested by a conditional expression in a communication flow.d3

›7.↳ 2The method of claim 2, wherein said one or more labels identify a subscription that generated a message.d3

›8.↳ 2The method of claim 2, wherein said data-processing system applies one or more communication rules to said one or more labels to determine the preferr…d3

›9.↳ 2The method of claim 2, wherein said one or more labels identify phases of a communication.d3

›10.↳ 2The method of claim 2, wherein said one or more labels identify roles of recipients of a communication.d3

›11.↳ 2The method of claim 2, wherein said one or more labels control a rendering of said message.d3

›12.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein said context function enables an application to set a context for said communication flow expression that is executed a…d2+2

›15.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein said primitive keyword is a watch operand that has an associated test expression that is evaluated at runtime, and wher…d2+2

›18.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein said primitive keyword is an advises or informs operator that causes an out-of-band communication flow expression to be…d2+1

›20.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein said primitive keyword is a consult operator that evaluates all of its children and waits for one of them to result in …d2+1

›22.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein said primitive keyword is a contact function that allows a media contact to be defined directly in said communication f…d2+1

›24.independentAn apparatus for providing a message from a sender to at least one recipient in accordance with a communication flow having a plurality of potential p…+6

›25.↳ 24The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said dynamic context is established using one or more labels.d2

›26.↳ 24The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said context function enables an application to set a context for said communication flow expression that is execut…d2

›27.↳ 24The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said primitive keyword is a watch operand that has an associated test expression that is evaluated at runtime, and …d2

›28.↳ 24The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said primitive keyword is an advises or informs operator that causes an out-of-band communication flow expression t…d2

›29.↳ 24The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said primitive keyword is a consult operator that evaluates all of its children and waits for one of them to result…d2

›30.↳ 24The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said primitive keyword is a contact function that allows a media contact to be defined directly in said communicati…d2

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06F15/16

Section H — Electricity

H04L12/28

USPC · US Patent Classification

709/204709/229709/234709/206709/228370/390

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 60554232	18 Mar 2004
related publication	US 20050223070 A1	6 Oct 2005

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