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Controlling location and time preferences for messages

  • US 8,352,560 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2009
  • Issued: 01/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, operable on a server, for controlling preferences for messages comprising:

  • receiving, by the server, a message from a sender to a recipient;

    determining, by the server, if the message will be received by the recipient based on at least a first message policy of a plurality of message policies for the recipient;

    notifying, by the server, the sender that the message will not be received by the recipient and an estimated time of when it will be received responsive to the determination that the message will not be received by the recipient; and

    resolving, by the server, a conflict between the first message policy and a second message policy of the plurality of message policies such that the actual time the message is received is different from the estimated time of when the message will be received in the notification to the sender.

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