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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING A SET OF USERS FROM ACCESSING A MESSAGE IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM

  • US 20090100497A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2007
  • Published: 04/16/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing messages in an instant messaging system, comprising:

  • determining whether a message received by a receiving computing device from a sending computing device is undetected by a set of users associated with the receiving computing device;

    responsive to determining that the message is undetected by the set of users associated with the receiving computing device, notifying the sending computing device that the message is undetected by the set of users; and

    responsive to receiving a request to prevent the set of users from accessing the message, preventing the set of users from accessing the message.

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