User perception of electronic messaging

US9350690B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer · Mercer Island, US
• Dragos A. Manolescu · Kirkland, US
• Matthew Jason Pope · Seattle, US
• Matthew Bret MacLaurin · Woodinville, US
• F. David Jones · Redmond, US
• Mary P. Czerwinski · Woodinville, US
• Raymond E. Ozzie · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2015
• Grant date: May 24, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M3/436
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Determining user use context for electronic messaging and disseminating a subset of the user use context to recipients and/or senders of such electronic message is disclosed herein. By way of example, the user use context can be based on a general context of recipients, such as speed with which a message is disseminated or consumed, number of child messages spawned, rate at which such messages are spawned, and so on. Additionally, user use context can also be based on individual context, by comparing individual interaction to a message (e.g., time to read, time to delete, number of child messages, etc.), with a baseline usage context determined for the individual. The context can be disseminated to recipients of the message or to the sender, to provide an overview of perception of the electronic message.