Recipient-controlled remote E-mail alerting and delivery
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1. A message notification method comprising:
- electronically receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient;
determining existence of a request for a trigger event and a sender-forced trigger for determining if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message at the first inbox in accordance to a priority ranking order, wherein a response to the request for the trigger event and a response to the sender-forced trigger is set by the recipient;
sending the notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox in accordance with the priority ranking order if the sender-forced trigger is denied based on a sender-forced trigger setting previously defined by the recipient; and
sending a denial notification to a sender in response to the sender-forced trigger being denied,wherein the priority ranking order is previously defined by the recipient and indicates which requests for triggering events to send a notification message are to be granted responsive to receiving the new message, the notification message being sent to a second inbox of the recipient that is different from the first inbox,wherein the request for the trigger event comprises a time trigger for the newly received message that causes the notification to be sent for the newly received message if the newly received message is not viewed within a designated time frame beginning at receipt of the newly received message,wherein the designated time frame is specified by the recipient and the notification is not sent when the newly received message is viewed within the designated time frame.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide message notification systems and methods. Briefly described, one embodiment of a message notification method can be broadly summarized by the following: receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient; determining existence of at least one trigger for determining if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message at the first inbox; and sending a notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox, the notification being sent to a second inbox of the recipient that is different than the first inbox. Other methods and systems are also provided.
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1. A message notification method comprising:
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electronically receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient; determining existence of a request for a trigger event and a sender-forced trigger for determining if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message at the first inbox in accordance to a priority ranking order, wherein a response to the request for the trigger event and a response to the sender-forced trigger is set by the recipient; sending the notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox in accordance with the priority ranking order if the sender-forced trigger is denied based on a sender-forced trigger setting previously defined by the recipient; and sending a denial notification to a sender in response to the sender-forced trigger being denied, wherein the priority ranking order is previously defined by the recipient and indicates which requests for triggering events to send a notification message are to be granted responsive to receiving the new message, the notification message being sent to a second inbox of the recipient that is different from the first inbox, wherein the request for the trigger event comprises a time trigger for the newly received message that causes the notification to be sent for the newly received message if the newly received message is not viewed within a designated time frame beginning at receipt of the newly received message, wherein the designated time frame is specified by the recipient and the notification is not sent when the newly received message is viewed within the designated time frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer readable medium for message notification, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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electronically receiving a new message at a first inbox of a recipient; determining existence of a request for a trigger event and a sender-forced trigger for determining if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message in accordance with a priority ranking order, wherein a response to the request for the trigger event and a response to the sender-forced trigger is set by the recipient; sending the notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the new message at the first inbox in accordance to the priority ranking order if the sender-forced trigger is denied based on a sender-forced trigger setting previously defined by the recipient; and sending a denial notification to a sender in response to the sender-forced trigger being denied, wherein the priority ranking order is previously defined by the recipient and indicates which requests for triggering events to send a notification message are to be granted responsive to receiving the new message, the notification message being sent to a second inbox of the recipient that is different from the first inbox, wherein the request for the trigger event comprises a time trigger for the newly received message that causes the notification to be sent for the newly received message if the newly received message is not viewed within a designated time frame beginning at receipt of the newly received message, wherein the designated time frame is specified by the recipient and the notification is not sent when the newly received message is viewed within the designated time frame. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A message notification system comprising:
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a computer processor; a messaging interface component of a first messaging device to receive commands from a user and in response to the commands, set a trigger that determines if a notification is to be sent for a newly received message at a first inbox of the user in accordance to a priority ranking order and specify whether sender-forced triggers are prohibited, wherein the trigger and the prohibition of sender-forced triggers is set by the recipient; and a delivery component of the first messaging device to send the notification alerting the recipient of the arrival of the newly received message including a sender-forced trigger at the first inbox in accordance with the priority ranking order if the sender-forced trigger is denied, wherein the priority ranking order is previously defined by the recipient and indicates which requests for triggering events to send a notification message are to be granted responsive to receiving the new message, the notification being sent to a second inbox of the user that is different from the first inbox, the delivery component further to send a denial notification to a sender in response to the sender-forced trigger being denied, wherein the trigger comprises a time trigger for the newly received message that causes the notification to be sent for the newly received message if the newly received message is not viewed within a designated time frame beginning at receipt of the newly received message, wherein the designated time frame is specified by the recipient and the notification is not sent when the newly received message is viewed within the designated time frame. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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