System and method for indicating status of an incoming transmission to a user
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving by an agent device;
i) a first indicium that indicates the availability of a recipient, andii) a transmission from a sender that is addressed to the recipient;
transmitting by the agent device to the recipient a second indicium that comprises information about;
i) the first indicium, andii) the transmission, wherein the second indicium is distinct from the transmission; and
transmitting by the agent device to the sender a response based on;
i) the first indicium,ii) a parameter that the agent device previously received from the recipient; and
iii) information about the transmission.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for managing incoming transmissions. A response to an incoming transmission is generated as a function of recipient availability and information relating to the incoming transmission, such as a medium of the transmission. An indication, representative of the incoming transmission and the response, is provided to one or more recipient devices. A method and system are also provided for managing one or more transmission events, represented by notification signals, where the notification signals are processed as a function of schedule data relating to a user. Indication data is generated as a function of the notification signals and provided to one or more user-specified devices, wherein the indication data includes an identification of a type of transmission event and a representation of a response to at least one of the transmission events.
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31 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving by an agent device; i) a first indicium that indicates the availability of a recipient, and ii) a transmission from a sender that is addressed to the recipient; transmitting by the agent device to the recipient a second indicium that comprises information about; i) the first indicium, and ii) the transmission, wherein the second indicium is distinct from the transmission; and transmitting by the agent device to the sender a response based on; i) the first indicium, ii) a parameter that the agent device previously received from the recipient; and iii) information about the transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving by an agent device; i) a notification signal that represents a transmission event that is addressed to a user, and ii) data about the schedule of the user; generating by the agent device a response to the transmission event based on the schedule of the user; and transmitting an indication to the user, wherein the indication comprises; i) an identification of the type of the transmission event, and ii) a representation of the response to the transmission event. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor, coupled to the memory, operative to; receive; i) a first indicium that indicates the availability of a recipient, and ii) a transmission from a sender that is addressed to the recipient; transmit; i) a second indicium to the recipient, and ii) a response to the sender of the transmission, wherein the second indicium and the response are based on; i) the first indicium, and ii) information about the transmission. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A system comprising:
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a memory; a processor, coupled to the memory, the processor operative to; transmit to a device an indication based on; i) a notification signal that was received from a sender and was addressed to a user that is associated with the device, and ii) data about the schedule of the user, wherein the indication comprises; i) an identification of a type of transmission that was addressed to the user, and ii) a representation of a response to the transmission that was generated based on the schedule of the user.
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29. A computer recordable medium encoded with instructions comprising:
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receiving a notification signal corresponding to a transmission event; transmitting indication data, wherein the indication data is based on the notification signal, wherein the indication data is based on at least one schedule data relating to a user, wherein the indication data comprises an identification of a type of transmission event and a representation of a response to the transmission event, and wherein the response was generated by the computer recordable medium based on the schedule data. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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