Monitoring and controlling electronic message distribution
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a message distribution process comprising a series of coordinated processes, said method comprising:
- monitoring the performance of each of said series of coordinated processes;
determining that at least one of said monitored series of coordinated processes is not processing properly;
skipping said at least one of said monitored series of coordinated processes that is determined not to be processing properly.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a message distribution process comprising a series of coordinated processes by monitoring the performance of each process, determining that a monitored process is not processing properly, and skipping the process not processing properly. Another method for controlling the load of message traffic by determining the performance of a message server and altering the flow of messages based upon the determined performance of the message server. Another method for routing messages by identifying the addresses of senders of received messages, assigning a portion of the addresses to a category, and routing messages from the identified addresses according to their assigned category.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a message distribution process comprising a series of coordinated processes, said method comprising:
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monitoring the performance of each of said series of coordinated processes; determining that at least one of said monitored series of coordinated processes is not processing properly; skipping said at least one of said monitored series of coordinated processes that is determined not to be processing properly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for controlling the load of message traffic processed by two or more message servers, said method comprising:
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determining the performance of at least one of said two or more message servers; and altering the flow of messages to the at least one message server based upon the determined performance without user intervention. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for routing messages through message routing resources according to the party associated with the message, said method comprising:
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identifying the addresses of senders of all messages received by a set of users within a time period; assigning at least a portion of the identified sender addresses to a category; and routing messages from said identified sender addresses assigned to a category through the message routing resources according to their assigned category. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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