METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING A SET OF USERS FROM ACCESSING A MESSAGE IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM
First Claim
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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Abstract
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for preventing a set of users from accessing a message in an instant messaging system. The process determines 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. The process notifies the sending computing device that the message is undetected by the set of users in response to determining that the message is undetected by the set of users associated with the receiving computing device. The process prevents the set of users from accessing the message in response to receiving a request to prevent the set of users from accessing the message.
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing messages in an instant messaging system, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer-usable medium having computer-usable program code for managing messages in an instant messaging system, the computer program product comprising; computer-usable program code for 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; computer-usable program code, responsive to determining that the message is undetected by the set of users associated with the receiving computing device, for notifying the sending computing device that the message is undetected by the set of users; and computer-usable program code, responsive to receiving a request to prevent the set of users from accessing the message, for preventing the set of users from accessing the message. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A data processing system comprising:
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a bus system; a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes a set of instructions; and a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to determine 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;
notify the sending computing device that the message is undetected by the set of users in response to determining that the message is undetected by the set of users associated with the receiving computing device; and
prevent the set of users from accessing the message in response to receiving a request to prevent the set of users from accessing the message. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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