Automatic goodbye messages

• US 20070255800A1
• Filed: 04/28/2006
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Maguire, Justin, Fletcher, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US11/413,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20070255800A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding

Abstract

A facility is described for automatically sending goodbye messages. In various embodiments, the facility receives an indication to terminate a conversation session that was previously established to exchange messages with a converser. The facility then retrieves a goodbye message, sends the goodbye message to the converser, and terminates the conversation session.

Claims

1. A method performed by a computer system for sending a goodbye message, comprising:

receiving an indication to terminate a conversation session, the conversation session previously established to exchange messages with a converser;

determining whether a goodbye message should be sent; and

when the goodbye message should be sent,

selecting a goodbye message from a set of goodbye messages;

retrieving the selected goodbye message;

sending the selected goodbye message to the converser; and

terminating the conversation session.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving includes receiving an indication to close a main window of a messaging application.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving includes receiving an indication to close a conversation window of a messaging application.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining includes determining whether a goodbye message is stored.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining includes determining whether an option has been set to send a goodbye message.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the selecting includes selecting a goodbye message from the set of goodbye messages randomly.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the selecting includes selecting a goodbye message from the set of goodbye messages based on an identity of the converser.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the selecting includes selecting a goodbye message from the set of goodbye messages based on a time of day when the goodbye message is sent.

9. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer system to perform a method for sending a goodbye message, the method comprising:

receiving an indication to terminate a conversation session, the conversation session previously established to exchange messages with a converser;

retrieving a goodbye message;

sending the goodbye message to the converser; and

terminating the conversation session.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 wherein the receiving includes receiving an indication to close a main window of a messaging application.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 wherein the receiving includes receiving an indication to close a conversation window of a messaging application.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 further comprising determining whether to send a goodbye message.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 further comprising selecting a goodbye message from a list of multiple goodbye messages.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 wherein the goodbye message contains multimedia content.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 wherein the goodbye message was provided by a user.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 wherein the goodbye message was preconfigured.

17. A system for sending a goodbye message, comprising:

a storage component that stores a goodbye message; and

a messaging application that receives from a user a goodbye message, stores the goodbye message in the storage component and, upon receiving an indication to terminate a conversation session, retrieves the stored goodbye message from the storage component, sends the retrieved goodbye message, and terminates the conversation session.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the messaging application receives an indication to terminate the conversation session when a conversation window is requested to be closed.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the messaging application receives an indication to terminate the conversation session when a main window of the messaging application is requested to be closed.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein the goodbye message is sent without any user interaction.