Dynamic message-mailbox size variation
First Claim
1. A method of automatically adjusting an amount of storage allocated to a mailbox comprising an allocated amount of the storage, comprising the steps of:
- automatically determining whether an amount of information stored in the mailbox occupies more than an upper threshold amount of the allocated amount of the storage, the upper threshold amount being less than the allocated amount; and
automatically allocating an additional amount of the storage to the mailbox, in response to repeated determinations that the amount occupied by the stored information exceeds the upper threshold amount.
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Abstract
A messaging system (100) automatically correctly resizes users'"'"' mailboxes (160-161) based on information gathered through periodic activity audits (206). The gathered information includes frequency of login to the messaging system and time of last login for each login ID and the fill level and fill-level frequency for each mailbox. Periodicity of audits, time-to-login-ID-expiration period, upper and lower fill-level thresholds, time-to-storage-allotment-change period, and allotment-change size and mailbox size limits are administratively set (202-204). If audit reports indicate that a login ID has not been used for the time-to-login-ID-expiration period, the user is warned and if the user does not respond, the login is expired (208-224). If audit reports indicate that one of the thresholds has been exceeded without the other threshold also having been exceeded for the time-to-storage-allotment-change period, the mailbox size is incremented or decremented by the allotment-change size, either immediately or upon approval by the mailbox user, within the mailbox size limits (210-258). A user can also request to have the user'"'"'s mailbox incremented (260).
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1. A method of automatically adjusting an amount of storage allocated to a mailbox comprising an allocated amount of the storage, comprising the steps of:
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automatically determining whether an amount of information stored in the mailbox occupies more than an upper threshold amount of the allocated amount of the storage, the upper threshold amount being less than the allocated amount; and automatically allocating an additional amount of the storage to the mailbox, in response to repeated determinations that the amount occupied by the stored information exceeds the upper threshold amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a mailbox comprising an allocated amount of storage; an effector of automatically determining whether an amount of information stored in the mailbox occupies more than an upper threshold amount of the allocated amount of storage, the upper threshold amount being less than the allocated amount; and an effector, responsive to repeated determinations of the amount occupied by the stored information exceeding the upper threshold amount, of automatically allocating an additional amount of storage to the mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a mailbox comprising an allocated amount of storage; means for automatically determining whether an amount of information stored in the mailbox occupies more than an upper threshold amount of the allocated amount of storage, the upper threshold amount being less than the allocated amount; and means responsive to repeated determinations of the amount occupied by the stored information exceeding the upper threshold amount, for automatically allocating an additional amount of storage to the mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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