PREVENTING UNNECESSARY MESSAGES FROM BEING SENT AND RECEIVED
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for preventing unnecessary messages (e.g., e-mails) from being sent and received. Recipients designated by an author to receive a message are identified. A time constraint associated with a timeframe to complete a task discussed in the message (e.g., “prepare a report in 3 days”) is obtained. The availability of the recipients to complete the task within the required time constraint is determined prior to the author sending the message. If one of the recipients is unavailable to complete the task within the required time constraint, then the author is informed as such thereby providing the author an opportunity to not send that message to the unavailable recipient. As a result, an unnecessary message is prevented from being sent and received thereby reducing the amount of messages for a user to review.
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7. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage medium for preventing unnecessary messages from being sent and received, the computer program product comprising the programming instructions for:
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identifying one or more recipients to receive a message; obtaining a time constraint to complete a task discussed in said message; determining availability of said one or more recipients to complete said task within said time constraint; and informing an author of said message that one or more of said one or more recipients are not available to complete said task within said time constraint prior to said author sending said message in response to determining that said one or more of said one or more recipients are unavailable to complete said task within said time constraint. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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a memory unit for storing a computer program for preventing unnecessary messages from being sent and received; and a processor coupled to said memory unit, wherein said processor, responsive to said computer program, comprises; circuitry for identifying one or more recipients to receive a message; circuitry for obtaining a time constraint to complete a task discussed in said message; circuitry for determining availability of said one or more recipients to complete said task within said time constraint; and circuitry for informing an author of said message that one or more of said one or more recipients are not available to complete said task within said time constraint prior to said author sending said message in response to determining that said one or more of said one or more recipients are unavailable to complete said task within said time constraint. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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