Facilitating communications among message recipients
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1. A method implemented at least partially by one or more processors, comprising:
- obtaining an indication of a first device receiving a message portion during a time interval in which a second device received the message portion, the time interval at least partially determined by one or more thresholds, the one or more thresholds based on an offset, the offset includes at least a time period between the indication of the message portion being retrieved from a storage device and the indication of the first device receiving the message portion;
signaling a decision to facilitate a signal transfer at least between the first device and the second device at least partly in response to the indication of the first device receiving the message portion during the time interval in which the second device received the message portion; and
at least one of the obtaining or signaling at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices.
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Abstract
A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for obtaining an indication of a first device receiving a message portion during a time interval in which a second device received the message portion and signaling a decision whether to facilitate a signal transfer at least between the first device and the second device.
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28 Claims
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1. A method implemented at least partially by one or more processors, comprising:
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obtaining an indication of a first device receiving a message portion during a time interval in which a second device received the message portion, the time interval at least partially determined by one or more thresholds, the one or more thresholds based on an offset, the offset includes at least a time period between the indication of the message portion being retrieved from a storage device and the indication of the first device receiving the message portion; signaling a decision to facilitate a signal transfer at least between the first device and the second device at least partly in response to the indication of the first device receiving the message portion during the time interval in which the second device received the message portion; and at least one of the obtaining or signaling at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system at least partially implemented using hardware, comprising:
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means for obtaining an indication of a first device receiving a message portion during a time interval in which a second device received the message portion, the time interval is at least partially determined by one or more thresholds, the one or more thresholds based on an offset, the offset including at least a time period between the indication of the message portion being retrieved from a storage device and the indication of the first device receiving the message portion; and means for a signaling of a decision to facilitate a signal transfer at least between the first device and the second device responsive to the indication of the first device receiving the message portion during the time interval in which the second device received the message portion. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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electrical circuitry for obtaining an indication of a first device receiving a message portion during a time interval in which a second device received the message portion, the time interval at least partially determined by one or more thresholds, the one or more thresholds based on an offset, the offset including at least a time period between the indication of the message portion being retrieved from a storage device and the indication of the first device receiving the message portion; and electrical circuitry for a signaling of a decision to facilitate a signal transfer at least between the first device and the second device responsive to the indication of the first device receiving the message portion during the time interval in which the second device received the message portion.
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more non-transitory media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method including at least obtaining an indication of a first device receiving a message portion during a time interval in which a second device received the message portion, the time interval at least partially determined by one or more thresholds, the one or more thresholds based on an offset, the offset including at least a time period between the indication of the message portion being retrieved from a storage device and the indication of the first device receiving the message portion; and signaling of a decision to facilitate a signal transfer at least between the first device and the second device responsive to the indication of the first device receiving the message portion during the time interval in which the second device received the message portion.
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28. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more non-transitory media bearing a device-detectable output indicating an occurrence of obtaining an indication of a first device receiving a message portion during a time interval in which a second device received the message portion, the time interval at least partially determined by one or more thresholds, the one or more thresholds based on an offset, the offset including at least a time period between the indication of the message portion being retrieved from a storage device and the indication of the first device receiving the message portion; and signaling a decision to facilitate a signal transfer at least between the first device and the second device responsive to the indication of the first device receiving the message portion during the time interval in which the second device received the message portion.
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