Availability Filtering for Instant Messaging
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1. A method of selectively filtering instant messages, comprising:
- receiving an instant message;
identifying a priority of the instant message;
identifying a sender indicator associated with the instant message;
identifying a recipient profile; and
conditionally initiating an indicated action in response to the indicated action being identified by the recipient profile as correlating to the priority of the instant message and correlating to the sender indicator.
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Abstract
A method and system for filtering instant messages. The instant messages can be received and filtered using multi-factor rules. The multi-factor rules can be associated with a recipient profile.
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1. A method of selectively filtering instant messages, comprising:
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receiving an instant message; identifying a priority of the instant message; identifying a sender indicator associated with the instant message; identifying a recipient profile; and conditionally initiating an indicated action in response to the indicated action being identified by the recipient profile as correlating to the priority of the instant message and correlating to the sender indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for prompting a user to enter a recipient profile to be used to filter instant messages, comprising:
presenting a graphical user interface screen to the user, the graphical user interface screen comprising; a first selectable menu item with which the user can select a recipient profile; at least one instance of a second selectable menu item with which the user can select at least one of a plurality of sender indicators; at least one instance of a third selectable menu item with which the user can select at least one of a plurality of priority levels; and at least one instance of a fourth selectable menu item with which the user can select an action to correlate to the selected sender indicator and the selected priority level. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer usable program code that selectively filters instant messages, said computer program product including; computer usable program code that receives an instant message; computer usable program code that identifies a priority of the instant message; computer usable program code that identifies a sender indicator associated with the instant message; computer usable program code that identifies a current recipient profile; and computer usable program code that conditionally initiates an indicated action in response to the indicated action being identified by the recipient profile as correlating to the priority of the instant message and correlating to the sender indicator. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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