Throttling response message traffic presented to a user
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1. A method for controlling electronic conversation message response traffic, said method comprising the steps of:
- a first user receiving response electronic conversation messages comprising a first electronic conversation message from a responder comprising a second user;
identifying said first electronic conversation message as a conversation session, the conversation session related to response throttle characteristics;
determining whether presentation of said first electronic message to said first user is permitted based on said response throttle characteristics; and
presenting said first electronic conversation message to said first user when said determination permits presentation; and
blocking presentation of said first electronic conversation message to said first user when said determination does not permit presentation.
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Abstract
Electronic message response reception at a client computer in a conversation are throttled according to a predetermined critera in order to reduce the volume of messages the client is presented. Critera for throttling messages comprises only presenting messages in a predetermined time window, presenting only a predetermined number of response messages, presenting messages based on previous responder activity and presenting only messages from predefined senders.
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1. A method for controlling electronic conversation message response traffic, said method comprising the steps of:
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a first user receiving response electronic conversation messages comprising a first electronic conversation message from a responder comprising a second user;
identifying said first electronic conversation message as a conversation session, the conversation session related to response throttle characteristics;
determining whether presentation of said first electronic message to said first user is permitted based on said response throttle characteristics; and
presenting said first electronic conversation message to said first user when said determination permits presentation; and
blocking presentation of said first electronic conversation message to said first user when said determination does not permit presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for controlling electronic conversation message response traffic, the program product comprising:
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a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising the steps of;
a first user receiving response electronic conversation messages comprising a first electronic conversation message from a responder comprising a second user;
identifying said first electronic conversation message as a conversation session, the conversation session related to response throttle characteristics;
determining whether presentation of said first electronic message to said first user is permitted based on said response throttle characteristics; and
presenting said first electronic conversation message to said first user when said determination permits presentation; and
blocking presentation of said first electronic conversation message to said first user when said determination does not permit presentation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for controlling electronic conversation message response traffic, the system comprising:
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a network;
a server system in communication with the network;
a client system in communication with the server system by way of the network, wherein the system includes instructions to execute a method comprising the steps of;
a first user receiving response electronic conversation messages comprising a first electronic conversation message from a responder comprising a second user;
identifying said first electronic conversation message as a conversation session, the conversation session related to response throttle characteristics;
determining whether presentation of said first electronic message to said first user is permitted based on said response throttle characteristics; and
presenting said first electronic conversation message to said first user when said determination permits presentation; and
blocking presentation of said first electronic conversation message to said first user when said determination does not permit presentation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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