POLICY-BASED DELAYED DISPATCH OF E-MAIL MESSAGES
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Abstract
Software that uses machine logic based algorithms to send e-mail messages according to an e-mail delivery schedule by performing the following steps: (i) receiving, from a sender, a first e-mail message that includes a plurality of recipients intended by the sender to receive the e-mail message, including at least a first recipient and a second recipient; (ii) delivering the first e-mail message to the first recipient; (iii) scheduling a delivery time for delivery of the first e-mail message to the second recipient; (iv) on condition that the first recipient cancels the scheduled delivery prior to the delivery time, cancelling the scheduled delivery of the first-e-mail message to the second recipient; and (v) on condition that the first recipient does not cancel the scheduled delivery prior to the delivery time, delivering the first-e-mail message to the second recipient at, or subsequent to, the delivery time.
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20 Claims
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8. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:
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first program instructions programmed to receive, from a sender, a first e-mail message that includes a plurality of recipients intended by the sender to receive the e-mail message, including at least a first recipient and a second recipient; second program instructions programmed to deliver the first e-mail message to the first recipient; third program instructions programmed to schedule a delivery time for delivery of the first e-mail message to the second recipient; fourth program instructions programmed to, on condition that the first recipient cancels the scheduled delivery prior to the delivery time, cancel the scheduled delivery of the first-e-mail message to the second recipient; and fifth program instructions programmed to, on condition that the first recipient does not cancel the scheduled delivery prior to the delivery time, deliver the first-e-mail message to the second recipient at, or subsequent to, the delivery time. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system comprising:
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a processor(s) set; and a computer readable storage medium; wherein; the processor set is structured, located, connected and/or programmed to run program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium; and the program instructions include; first program instructions programmed to receive, from a sender, a first e-mail message that includes a plurality of recipients intended by the sender to receive the e-mail message, including at least a first recipient and a second recipient; second program instructions programmed to deliver the first e-mail message to the first recipient; third program instructions programmed to schedule a delivery time for delivery of the first e-mail message to the second recipient; fourth program instructions programmed to, on condition that the first recipient cancels the scheduled delivery prior to the delivery time, cancel the scheduled delivery of the first-e-mail message to the second recipient; and fifth program instructions programmed to, on condition that the first recipient does not cancel the scheduled delivery prior to the delivery time, deliver the first-e-mail message to the second recipient at, or subsequent to, the delivery time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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