Method for selectively sending a notification to an instant messaging device
US7912899B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W24/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for sending a message. The computer-implemented method also includes monitoring, using a first set of rules, for an event that triggers a message to be transmitted. The computer-implemented method further includes ascertaining, using a set of notification rules and at least one of a first present parameter and a first status parameter, whether a first user is capable of reviewing the message substantially immediately after the message is transmitted to the first user if the message is transmitted to the first user, the first present parameter indicating whether a first instant messaging client associated with the first user is currently online, the first status parameter indicating whether the first user is available for the reviewing. The computer-implemented method also includes transmitting the message to the first instant messaging client associated with first user if the first user is ascertained to be capable of reviewing the message substantially immediately after the message is transmitted to the first user.
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