METHOD OF INITIATING AUTOMATIC ACTIONS BY AN INSTANT MESSENGER SERVICE IN RESPONSE TO IDENTIFIED INCOMING MESSAGES

• US 20070299919A1
• Filed: 06/27/2006
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kellogg, Linda S., Short, Leslie
• Application Number:
  US11/426,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20070299919A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

A method for initiating an automatic action by an instant messenger service (IMS) device in response to an identified incoming message, including: pre- configuring an action list to be executed on a first IMS device when the user of the first IMS device is unavailable, the action list containing specific executable actions for execution; receiving from a second IMS device on the first IMS device the incoming message; identifying on the first IMS device the identity of the sender of the incoming message and the contents of the incoming message; comparing the identity of the sender and the contents of the incoming message to the senders'"'"' names and contents identified on the action list for a match; and executing the specific action associated with an identified sender'"'"'s name and contents on the action list when a match occurs.

Claims

1. A method for initiating an automatic action by an instant messenger service (IMS) device in response to an identified incoming message, comprising:

pre-configuring an action list to be executed on a first IMS device when the user of the first IMS device is unavailable, the action list containing specific executable actions for execution when at least one of the following occurs, (i) a specific person has been identified as the sender of an incoming message, and (ii) the incoming message contains specific content;

receiving from a second IMS device on the first IMS device the incoming message;

identifying on the first IMS device the identity of the sender of the incoming message and the contents of the incoming message;

comparing the identity of the sender and the contents of the incoming message to the senders'"'"' names and contents identified on the action list for a match; and

executing the specific action associated with an identified sender'"'"'s name and contents on the action list when a match occurs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific action to be executed when a match occurs includes:

providing the identified sender with a mobile phone contact number where the user of the first IMS device can be reached.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific action to be executed when a match occurs includes:

activating a pager in the possession of the user of the first IMS device that notifies the first IMS device user that the sender is attempting to contact the first IMS user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific action to be executed when a match occurs includes:

calling the phone number of the user of the second IMS device and activating a pre-recorded message for the second IMS device user that the first IMS device user is unavailable, the first IMS device imbedding the identity of the incoming message received by the user of the first IMS device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific action to be executed when a match occurs includes:

re-routing the identified message to another user of a third IMS device and notifying the identified sender that this re-routing process has occurred.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending an unavailable response from the first IMS device to the second IMS device when no match occurs.

7. A system for initiating an automatic action by an instant messenger service (IMS) device in response to an identified incoming message, comprising:

a first IMS device; and

a second IMS device communicatively coupled to the first IMS device, the system including software to implement a method comprising;

pre-configuring an action list to be executed on a first IMS device when the user of the first IMS device is unavailable, the action list containing specific executable actions for execution when at least one of the following occurs, (i) a specific person has been identified as the sender of an incoming message, and (ii) the incoming message contains specific content;

receiving from a second IMS device on the first IMS device the incoming message;

identifying on the first IMS device the identity of the sender of the incoming message and the contents of the incoming message;

comparing the identity of the sender and the contents of the incoming message to the senders'"'"' names and contents identified on the action list for a match; and

executing the specific action associated with an identified sender'"'"'s name and contents on the action list when a match occurs.