Forwarding un-responded to instant messages to electronic mail
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1. A computer-implemented method of forwarding an instant message to electronic mail, the method comprising:
- determining availability of an instant messaging client for a recipient;
sending the instant message to the instant messaging client for the recipient;
not receiving a reply to the instant message within a pre-defined period of time;
upon reaching the pre-defined period of time, determining that the instant message is not a salutation message and thus satisfies a criterion for forwarding the instant message in an electronic mail message; and
sending the electronic mail message comprising the instant message to the recipient.
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Abstract
A method of forwarding an instant message to electronic mail can begin with determining availability of an instant messaging client for a recipient. The method can continue with sending the instant message to the instant messaging client for the recipient. The method can include not receiving a reply to the instant message within a pre-defined period of time. The method can further include sending an electronic mail message including the instant message to the recipient upon reaching the pre-defined period of time.
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17 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of forwarding an instant message to electronic mail, the method comprising:
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determining availability of an instant messaging client for a recipient; sending the instant message to the instant messaging client for the recipient; not receiving a reply to the instant message within a pre-defined period of time; upon reaching the pre-defined period of time, determining that the instant message is not a salutation message and thus satisfies a criterion for forwarding the instant message in an electronic mail message; and sending the electronic mail message comprising the instant message to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method of forwarding an instant message to electronic mail, the method comprising:
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determining availability of an instant messaging client for a recipient; sending the instant message to the instant messaging client for the recipient; not receiving a reply to the instant message within a pre-defined period of time; determining that the instant message is not a salutation message and thus satisfies a criterion for forwarding the instant message in an electronic mail message, wherein the instant message is determined not to be a salutation message by performing an analysis of a text within the instant message; and upon reaching the pre-defined period of time, sending the electronic mail message comprising the instant message to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable device comprising computer-usable program code stored thereon that forwards an instant message to electronic mail, the computer-readable device comprising; computer-usable program code that determines availability of an instant messaging client for a recipient; computer-usable program code that sends the instant message to the instant messaging client for the recipient; computer-usable program code that determines that a reply to the instant message has not been received within a pre-defined period of time; computer-usable program code that determines that the instant message is not a salutation message and thus satisfies a criterion for forwarding the instant message in an electronic mail message; and computer-usable program code that sends an electronic mail message comprising the instant message to the recipient upon reaching the pre-defined period of time, wherein the computer-readable device is not a transitory signal per se.
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