ROUTING INSTANT MESSAGES USING CONFIGURABLE, PLUGGABLE DELIVERY MANAGERS
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1. A system of routing instant messages, said system comprising:
- a computer system to include instructions to execute a method, said method comprising;
selecting a delivery manager from a plurality of available delivery managers, via a client application to route an instant message to an intended recipient of the instant message, wherein said delivery manager is pluggable;
configuring said delivery manager at runtime via the client application, wherein said configuring comprises selecting a configuration for said delivery manager from a plurality of configurations using content of the instant message;
querying, by the delivery manager, a user configuration database of the intended recipient to determine one or more available delivery mechanisms supported by the intended recipient;
querying, by the delivery manager, a delivery mechanism database to determine the active delivery mechanisms of the client application available for routing the instant message;
identifying, by the delivery manager, one or more delivery mechanisms that are common to a result of the querying of the user configuration database and the querying of the delivery mechanism database to yield one or more possible delivery mechanisms;
selecting, by the delivery manager, from the one or more possible delivery mechanisms, at least one delivery mechanism supported by the delivery manager; and
routing, by the delivery manager, the instant message to the intended recipient using the at least one delivery mechanism.
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Configurable, pluggable delivery managers are responsible for routing instant messages to intended recipients. A delivery manager is selected for a particular message, and that delivery manager defines, at runtime, a delivery policy to be used to route the instant message to an intended recipient of the message. The delivery policy is based upon a configuration of the delivery manager, a user configuration of the intended recipient, and one or more available delivery mechanisms. The delivery manager routes the instant message using the delivery policy.
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1. A system of routing instant messages, said system comprising:
a computer system to include instructions to execute a method, said method comprising; selecting a delivery manager from a plurality of available delivery managers, via a client application to route an instant message to an intended recipient of the instant message, wherein said delivery manager is pluggable; configuring said delivery manager at runtime via the client application, wherein said configuring comprises selecting a configuration for said delivery manager from a plurality of configurations using content of the instant message; querying, by the delivery manager, a user configuration database of the intended recipient to determine one or more available delivery mechanisms supported by the intended recipient; querying, by the delivery manager, a delivery mechanism database to determine the active delivery mechanisms of the client application available for routing the instant message; identifying, by the delivery manager, one or more delivery mechanisms that are common to a result of the querying of the user configuration database and the querying of the delivery mechanism database to yield one or more possible delivery mechanisms; selecting, by the delivery manager, from the one or more possible delivery mechanisms, at least one delivery mechanism supported by the delivery manager; and routing, by the delivery manager, the instant message to the intended recipient using the at least one delivery mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. At least one program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying at least one program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of routing instant messages, said method comprising:
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selecting a delivery manager from a plurality of available delivery managers, via a client application to route an instant message to an intended recipient of the instant message, wherein said delivery manager is pluggable; configuring said delivery manager at runtime via the client application, wherein the configuring comprises selecting a configuration for said delivery manager from a plurality of configurations using content of the instant message; querying, by the delivery manager, a user configuration database of the intended recipient to determine one or more available delivery mechanisms supported by the intended recipient; querying, by the delivery manager, a delivery mechanism database to determine the active delivery mechanisms of the client application available for routing the instant message; identifying, by the delivery manager, one or more delivery mechanisms that are common to a result of the querying of the user configuration database and the querying of the delivery mechanism database to yield one or more possible delivery mechanisms; selecting, by the delivery manager, from the one or more possible delivery mechanisms, at least one delivery mechanism supported by the delivery manager; and routing, by the delivery manager, the instant message to the intended recipient using the at least one delivery mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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