COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SERVER AND COMPUTER SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A computer system, comprising:
- a management server for managing communication between user terminals; and
a presence server for managing presence information on users of user terminals which is coupled with the management server,the user terminals including a first user terminal for originating a question and a second user terminal for responding to the question originated from the first user terminal,the management server comprising;
an interface coupled to the network;
a processor coupled to the interface; and
a memory coupled to the processor,wherein the management server is configured to;
calculate an unresponsive time taken until the second user terminal becomes ready to receive a notification of the question transmitted from the first user terminal by referring the presence information acquired from the presence server, upon detection of an origination of the question from the first user terminal;
estimate an expected response time of the second user terminal based on the calculated unresponsive time; and
notify the first user terminal of the estimated expected response time.
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Abstract
Provided is a computer system, comprising a management server and a presence server. The user terminals include a first user terminal for originating a question and a second user terminal for responding to the question originated from the first user terminal. The management server comprising: an interface coupled to the network; a processor coupled to the interface; and a memory coupled to the processor. The management server calculates an unresponsive time taken until the second user terminal becomes ready to receive a notification of the question transmitted from the first user terminal by referring the presence information acquired from the presence server upon detection of an origination of the question from the first user terminal, estimates an expected response time of the second user terminal based on the calculated unresponsive time, and notifies the first user terminal of the estimated expected response time.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer system, comprising:
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a management server for managing communication between user terminals; and a presence server for managing presence information on users of user terminals which is coupled with the management server, the user terminals including a first user terminal for originating a question and a second user terminal for responding to the question originated from the first user terminal, the management server comprising;
an interface coupled to the network;
a processor coupled to the interface; and
a memory coupled to the processor,wherein the management server is configured to; calculate an unresponsive time taken until the second user terminal becomes ready to receive a notification of the question transmitted from the first user terminal by referring the presence information acquired from the presence server, upon detection of an origination of the question from the first user terminal; estimate an expected response time of the second user terminal based on the calculated unresponsive time; and notify the first user terminal of the estimated expected response time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer system, comprising:
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a management server for managing communication between user terminals; and a presence server for managing presence information on users of user terminals which is coupled with the management server, the user terminals including a first user terminal for originating a question and a second user terminal for responding to the question originated from the first user terminal, the management server comprising;
an interface coupled to the network;
a processor coupled to the interface; and
a memory coupled to the processor,wherein the management server is configured to; obtain a response initiation time taken until the second user terminal started responding to a question in a past; calculate a response initiation time taken from when the second user terminal receives some notifications of some questions until the second user terminal starts responding to the questions by referring the obtained response initiation time in the past, upon detection of an origination of the question from the first user terminal; estimate an expected response time of the second user terminal based on the calculated response initiation time; and notify the first user terminal of the estimated expected response time. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A communication management server for managing communication between user terminals,
the user terminals including a first user terminal for originating a question and a second user terminal for responding to the question originated from the first user terminal, the communication management server comprising: -
an interface coupled to a network; a processor coupled to the interface; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the communication management server is coupled via the network to the user terminals and a presence server for managing presence information on users of the user terminals; and wherein the communication management server is configured to; calculate an unresponsive time taken until the second user terminal becomes ready to receive a notification of the question transmitted from the first user terminal by referring the presence information acquired from the presence server, upon detection of an origination of the question from the first user terminal; estimate an expected response time of the second user terminal based on the calculated unresponsive time; and notify the first user terminal of the estimated expected response time. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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