EnvoyWorldWide Awarded Patent for Application Program Interface for Message Routing and Management System

Business Wire, Jan 17, 2005

BEDFORD, Mass. -- EnvoyWorldWide(R), announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company patent number 6,842,772 titled, "Application Program Interface for Message Routing and Management System." The patent, for technology built by EnvoyWorldWide early in 2000, has been issued for the Company's application programming interface (API) which facilitates the transmission of messages composed on one or more input devices to multiple recipients by means of multiple communications devices, including conventional or wireless telephone, facsimile transmission, pager, or email.

The API mediates between enterprise applications requesting messaging functions and messaging servers that actually implement these functions. The API is capable of automating and processing high-volume requests for message routing, status information, as well as various other interactive functions.

"This patented technology offers multimodal message routing and management for improved interactive communication," said Ben Levitan, president and CEO of EnvoyWorldWide. "Receiving this patent is a testament to the continued innovation of EnvoyWorldWide and the dedication to solving complex communications-oriented business problems. "

About EnvoyWorldWide

Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., EnvoyWorldWide provides enterprise notification services leveraging the industry's most proven and reliable communications network. Organizations utilize EnvoyWorldWide's patented automated notification and message delivery solutions to drive proactive customer interactions, facilitate business continuity initiatives and streamline overall outbound communications efforts. EnvoyWorldWide communication-enables enterprises to facilitate personalized, fully interactive voice and text broadcasts to landline phones, faxes, email, pagers, SMS and WAP phones, PDAs, BlackBerrys and other wireless devices. More information is available by calling 888.252.7837 or at www.envoyworldwide.com.