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CONDITIONAL DELIVERY OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGES

  • US 20160205054A1
  • Filed: 01/14/2015
  • Published: 07/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2015
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of conditionally forwarding an electronic message, the method comprising:

  • at an online service that provides internal addresses for users of the online service within a network domain of the online service;

    receiving a first message addressed to a first internal address of a first user of the online service;

    queueing the first message in a first queue, for conditional forwarding to a first external address by which the first user is known to the online service; and

    after a first threshold period of time elapses since said queueing;

    determining whether the first message was read by the first user within the online service; and

    upon determining that the first message was not read by the first user within the online service, forwarding the first message to the first external address;

    wherein the first external address is within a network domain other than the network domain of the online service.

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