US 12,074,836 B2
Messaging system and method
Miguel A. Molina, Orange, CA (US); Maro Burunsuzyan, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Andrew Taylor, Sachese, TX (US)
Assigned to Trenda Innovations, Inc., Glendale, CA (US)
Filed by Trenda Innovations, Inc., Glendale, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/854,514.
Application 17/854,514 is a division of application No. 14/874,415, filed on Oct. 3, 2015, granted, now 11,563,703.
Application 14/874,415 is a continuation of application No. 13/669,351, filed on Nov. 5, 2012, granted, now 9,154,456, issued on Oct. 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/625,423, filed on Apr. 17, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0022918 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/56 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.01); H04L 51/234 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/212 (2022.05) [H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/234 (2022.05); H04L 51/56 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
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1. A messaging system, comprising:
a first client computing device configured to generate and transmit an electronic polling message having integrated digital content that includes a polling inquiry;
the first client computing device configured to present a polling message creation interface screen for composing the electronic polling message;
the first client computing device configured to present the polling message creation interface screen displaying a plurality of polling slots configured to hold a heterogeneous set of media types;
the first client computing device configured to present a results view interface screen permitting the client device to select a temporal distribution criteria defining a time when one or more results from the electronic polling message may be transmitted;
the first client computing device configured to transmit the electronic polling message to a selected set of client computing devices that are selected from an electronic contacts record stored within a storage module of the first client computing device.