Email Segmentation for Customized Multi-Recipient Messaging

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional email systems require senders to write multiple emails to different recipients if they want to send different versions of the same message, which is tedious and time-consuming.

Innovation Solution

A system that allows senders to designate multiple recipients in both the subject and composition areas of an email application, enabling the sending of different messages to each recipient from a single email by using recipient tags to specify which parts of the message are intended for specific recipients.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a sender writes multiple emails to different recipients to send different versions of the same message, then each recipient receives the appropriate customized message, but the process becomes tedious and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemessage customizationVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The email message is segmented into different sections or paragraphs, each marked with recipient-specific identifiers (such as @RecipientName). The email system then segments the distribution by delivering only the relevant sections to each recipient based on their identifiers, allowing a single email to contain multiple customized versions without requiring separate emails for each recipient

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A single email message serves multiple functions simultaneously - it can be sent to multiple recipients at once while delivering customized content to each recipient according to their specific identifiers. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for multiple separate emails, reducing time consumption while maintaining message customization capabilities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If a sender writes multiple emails to different recipients, then different versions of the message can be sent, but the device complexity increases due to multiple messaging operations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemessage customizationVSAvoidmessaging operations

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple email sending operations are merged into a single email composition and sending action. The system combines multiple recipient addresses and their corresponding customized message sections into one unified email structure, where the email client sends one message instead of multiple separate messages, reducing operational complexity while maintaining the ability to deliver customized content to each recipient

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11283745B2Different specific messaging to multiple recipients from a single message

Publication Date: 2022.03.22 CAGE KAILYN

AI summary

The present invention allows multiple different messages to different recipients through a single email. The system allows a sender to designate multiple recipients in the subject areas and the composition areas of the email application and send different messages to each recipient.