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Intelligent message deletion

  • US 7,647,383 B1
  • Filed: 03/11/2004
  • Issued: 01/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. One or more computer readable storage media storing computer-implementable instructions that cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

  • receiving a new message from an online gaming player associated with an online gaming service;

    identifying a sender name of the new message that identifies the gaming player that sent the message;

    identifying a title attribute of the new message that identifies a title of a specific game of the online gaming service from which the new message originated;

    storing the new message, the sender name, and the title attribute in a message queue associated with a targeted recipient of the new message;

    determining whether the message queue has more than a message queue threshold number of messages; and

    deleting one of the messages from the queue based on the sender name and the title attribute when the queue includes more than the message queue threshold number of messages, wherein deleting one of the messages from the queue comprises;

    deleting a message in the queue that has the title attribute of the new message regardless of the sender name of the new message when a sender name count exceeds a sender name threshold and when an attribute title count exceeds an attribute title threshold.

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