TRANSMISSION OF INSTANT MESSAGES ACCORDING TO AVAILABILITY

• US 20090313336A1
• Filed: 06/17/2008
• Published: 12/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Haynes, Thomas R., Sun, Lin
• Granted Patent: US 9,166,822 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to presence awareness for instant messaging and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for adaptive instant messaging awareness. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for adaptive instant messaging awareness can be provided. The method can include receiving an instant message for transmission to a user of an instant messaging system and determining that the user is not currently available to receive an instant message. The method can further include delaying transmission of the instant message to the user until a later determination that the user is available to receive an instant message.

Claims

1. An adaptive instant messaging awareness method comprising:

receiving an instant message for transmission to a user of an instant messaging system;

determining that the user is not currently available to receive an instant message; and

delaying transmission of the instant message to the user until a later determination that the user is available to receive an instant message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user is not currently available comprises:

querying a presence server that stores presence information for the user; and

receiving an indicator from the presence server that the user is not available to receive an instant message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein delaying transmission of the instant message comprises:

waiting a predefined period of time;

querying a presence server that stores presence information for the user;

receiving an indicator from the presence server that the user is available to receive an instant message; and

transmitting the message to the user.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

establishing a trust relationship with a presence serving application;

exposing an interface to receive presence information for the user of the instant messaging system; and

,

accepting a directive from the presence serving application through the interface to delay transmission of the instant message to the user.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein delaying transmission of the instant message comprises:

waiting a predefined period of time;

querying a presence server that stores presence information for the second user;

receiving an indicator from the presence server that the second user is available to receive an instant message; and

transmitting the message to the second user.

5. An adaptive instant messaging awareness method comprising:

receiving from a first user an instant message for transmission to a second user of an instant messaging system;

determining that the second user is not currently available to receive an instant message;

receiving a command from the first user to delay transmission of the instant message until a later determination that the second user is available to receive an instant message; and

delaying transmission of the instant message to the second user until a later determination that the second user is available to receive an instant message.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining that the second user is not currently available comprises:

querying a presence server that stores presence information for the second user; and

receiving an indicator from the presence server that the second user is not available to receive an instant message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving a command from the first user comprises:

providing a user interface to the first user; and

receiving via the user interface a command from the first user to delay transmission of the instant message until a later determination that the second user is available to receive an instant message

9. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for adaptive instant messaging awareness, the computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code for receiving from a first user an instant message for transmission to a second user of an instant messaging system;

computer usable program code for determining that the second user is not currently available to receive an instant message;

computer usable program code for receiving a command from the first user to delay transmission of the instant message until a later determination that the second user is available to receive an instant message; and

computer usable program code for delaying transmission of the instant message to the second user until a later determination that the second user is available to receive an instant message.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer usable program code for determining that the second user is not currently available comprises:

computer usable program code for querying a presence server that stores presence information for the second user; and

computer usable program code for receiving an indicator from the presence server that the second user is not available to receive an instant message.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer usable program code for receiving a command from the first user comprises:

computer usable program code for providing a user interface to the first user; and

computer usable program code for receiving via the user interface a command from the first user to delay transmission of the instant message until a later determination that the second user is available to receive an instant message

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer usable program code for delaying transmission of the instant message comprises:

computer usable program code for waiting a predefined period of time;

computer usable program code for querying a presence server that stores presence information for the second user;

computer usable program code for receiving an indicator from the presence server that the second user is available to receive an instant message; and

computer usable program code for transmitting the message to the second user.

13. A server for providing adaptive instant messaging awareness, comprising:

a receiver for receiving an instant message for transmission to a user of an instant messaging system; and

a processor configured for determining that the user is not currently available to receive an instant message and delaying transmission of the instant message to the user until a later determination that the user is available to receive an instant message.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein determining that the user is not currently available comprises:

querying a presence server that stores presence information for the user; and

receiving an indicator from the presence server that the user is not available to receive an instant message.

15. The server of claim 14, wherein delaying transmission of the instant message comprises:

waiting a predefined period of time;

querying a presence server that stores presence information for the user;

receiving an indicator from the presence server that the user is available to receive an instant message; and

transmitting the message to the user.

16. The server of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured for:

establishing a trust relationship with a presence serving application;

exposing an interface to receive presence information for the user of the instant messaging system; and

,

accepting a directive from the presence serving application through the interface to delay transmission of the instant message to the user.