POST PROCESSING OF MESSAGES

• US 20160261535A1
• Filed: 12/22/2015
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Parthasarathy, Krishna Kumar, Mahapatro, Neelamadhaba, Sigalov, Faina, Gupta, Piyush, Whalen, William James, Sturgeon, Jonathan, Cranston, Wayne Merl, Kapoor, Salil
• Granted Patent: US 10,063,505 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]

Abstract

Technologies are described herein for providing post-processing of messages. In particular, the post-processing of messages occurs without any condition that the message was delivered. This post-processing of messages allows for system redundancy. A message to be sent is received and undergoes a subset of operations prior to being sent out. Currently, the processing operations are more extensive prior to sending off a message. After the message is sent for delivery, the message outgoes additional processing, even if the message is not successfully delivered.

Claims

1. A method for processing of a message, the method comprises:

receiving the message to be sent;

performing a first set of operations;

sending the message using a direct delivery system configured to write the message in a mailbox of a recipient; and

sending the message to a processing hub to perform a second set of operations.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising verifying the sent message is not delivered to the mailbox of the recipient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of operations consists of archiving, search indexing or making a copy of the message for redundancy.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of operations comprises at least one of malware scanning, compliance checking, SPAM filtering, creating copies of the message and a resolving process.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of operations includes queuing.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of operations does not include queuing.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the sending the message to a mailbox of a second recipient in response to performing the first set of operations.

8. A system for processing of a message, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising

receiving the message to be sent,

performing a first set of operations,

sending the message using a direct delivery system configured to write the message in a mailbox of a recipient, and

sending the message to a processing hub to perform a second set of operations.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising verifying the sent message is not delivered to the mailbox of the recipient.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the second set of operations does not include operations of the first set of operations.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising sending the message to a mailbox of a second recipient in response to performing the first set of operations.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the first set of operations consists of malware scanning, compliance checking or SPAM filtering.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the second set of operations consists of archiving.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the first set of operations does not include queuing.

15. A method for processing of a message, the method comprises:

receiving the message to be sent;

performing a first set of operations;

sending the message using a direct delivery system configured to write the message in a mailbox of a first recipient;

sending the message to a processing hub to perform a second set of operations;

performing the second set of operations; and

sending the message to a mailbox of a second recipient.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising verifying the sent message is not delivered to the mailbox of the first recipient and the mailbox of the second recipient.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising verifying the message is not sent to the mailbox of the second recipient.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the second set of operations does not include operations of the first set of operations.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the second set of operations consists of archiving or search indexing.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the first set of operations consists of malware scanning, compliance checking, SPAM filtering or a resolving process.