NOTIFYING CO-RECIPIENTS OF OTHERS CURRENTLY REPLYING TO COMMUNICATIONS
First Claim
1. A method, in a data processing system, for providing a notification of a recipient of a communication responding to the communication, comprising:
- receiving an indication of a communication currently being composed on a client communication device using one of a plurality of different communication types;
identifying a previously distributed communication related to the communication currently being composed, wherein the previously distributed communication is of a different communication type than that of the communication currently being composed;
identifying one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication; and
sending a notification message to one or more communication devices associated with the one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication, wherein the one or more communication devices output a notification output identifying that a communication is currently being composed in response to the previously distributed communication.
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Abstract
A mechanism for notifying co-recipients of a communication that other recipients are currently composing a reply to the received communication is provided. The notification may be provided regardless of which type of communication application is being used to reply to the communication. With this mechanism, attribute information for a communication currently being composed on a client communication device using one of a plurality of different communication types is obtained. The attribute information may include an identifier of a communication type currently being used to compose the communication. A previously distributed communication related to the communication currently being composed is identified and one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication are identified. A notification message is sent to one or more communication devices associated with the one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication. The notification message may identify a communication type currently being used to compose the communication.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, in a data processing system, for providing a notification of a recipient of a communication responding to the communication, comprising:
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receiving an indication of a communication currently being composed on a client communication device using one of a plurality of different communication types; identifying a previously distributed communication related to the communication currently being composed, wherein the previously distributed communication is of a different communication type than that of the communication currently being composed; identifying one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication; and sending a notification message to one or more communication devices associated with the one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication, wherein the one or more communication devices output a notification output identifying that a communication is currently being composed in response to the previously distributed communication. - 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 a computer recordable medium having a computer readable program recorded thereon, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:
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receive an indication of a communication currently being composed on a client communication device using one of a plurality of different communication types; identify a previously distributed communication related to the communication currently being composed, wherein the previously distributed communication is of a different communication type than that of the communication currently being composed; identify one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication; and send a notification message to one or more communication devices associated with the one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication, wherein the one or more communication devices output a notification output identifying that a communication is currently being composed in response to the previously distributed communication. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;
receive an indication of a communication currently being composed on a client communication device using one of a plurality of different communication types;identify a previously distributed communication related to the communication currently being composed, wherein the previously distributed communication is of a different communication type than that of the communication currently being composed; identify one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication; and send a notification message to one or more communication devices associated with the one or more recipients of the previously distributed communication, wherein the one or more communication devices output a notification output identifying that a communication is currently being composed in response to the previously distributed communication.
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