Out-of office notification mechanism for email clients
First Claim
1. A computer system for an online out-of-office message notification system to notify at least one sender who has sent an email in a pre-defined time span prior to a start time associated with an online out-of-office notification being set by a user and to notify at least one other sender who has sent an email in a predefined time span following the start time associated with the online out-of-office notification being set by the user, the computer system comprising:
- one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising;
in response to the online out-of-office notification being set by the user, monitoring a plurality of emails associated with the user;
detecting a plurality of emails being received within the monitored plurality of emails;
analyzing the detected received plurality of emails;
identifying a first plurality of un-responded emails within the analyzed received plurality of emails, wherein the identified first plurality of un-responded emails is in an inbox and was received within the pre-defined time span prior to the start time associated with the out-of-office notification being set by the user and wherein the identified first plurality of un-responded emails was determined to require a first response;
identifying a second plurality of un-responded emails within the analyzed received plurality of emails, wherein the identified second plurality of un-responded emails is in the inbox and was received within the pre-defined time span following the start time associated with the out-of-office notification being set by the user. and wherein the identified second plurality of un-responded emails was determined to require a second response;
sending a first out-of-office message notification to the at least one sender associated with at least one un-responded email within the identified first plurality of un-responded emails; and
sending a second out-of-office message notification to the at least one other sender associated with at least one un-responded email within the identified second plurality of un-responded emails.
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Abstract
A method for an out-of-office message notification system to notify at least one sender who has sent an email in a pre-defined time span prior to a start time associated with an out-of-office notification being set by a user is provided. The method may include identifying an unresponded email within a plurality of unresponded emails in an inbox received within the pre-defined time span prior to the start time associated with the out-of-office notification being set by a user. The method may also include sending an out-of-office message notification to the sender associated with the unresponded email.
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1. A computer system for an online out-of-office message notification system to notify at least one sender who has sent an email in a pre-defined time span prior to a start time associated with an online out-of-office notification being set by a user and to notify at least one other sender who has sent an email in a predefined time span following the start time associated with the online out-of-office notification being set by the user, the computer system comprising:
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one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising; in response to the online out-of-office notification being set by the user, monitoring a plurality of emails associated with the user; detecting a plurality of emails being received within the monitored plurality of emails; analyzing the detected received plurality of emails; identifying a first plurality of un-responded emails within the analyzed received plurality of emails, wherein the identified first plurality of un-responded emails is in an inbox and was received within the pre-defined time span prior to the start time associated with the out-of-office notification being set by the user and wherein the identified first plurality of un-responded emails was determined to require a first response; identifying a second plurality of un-responded emails within the analyzed received plurality of emails, wherein the identified second plurality of un-responded emails is in the inbox and was received within the pre-defined time span following the start time associated with the out-of-office notification being set by the user. and wherein the identified second plurality of un-responded emails was determined to require a second response; sending a first out-of-office message notification to the at least one sender associated with at least one un-responded email within the identified first plurality of un-responded emails; and sending a second out-of-office message notification to the at least one other sender associated with at least one un-responded email within the identified second plurality of un-responded emails. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product for an online out-of-office message notification system to notify at least one sender who has sent an email in a pre-defined time span prior to a start time associated with an online out-of-office notification being set by a user and to notify at least one other sender who has sent an email in a predefined time span following the start time associated with the online out-of-office notification being set by the user, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more non-transitory computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage devices, the program instructions executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising; in response to the online out-of-office notification being set by the user, program instructions to monitor a plurality of emails associated with the user; program instructions to detect a plurality of emails being received within the monitored plurality of emails; program instructions to analyze the detected received plurality of emails; program instructions to identify a first plurality of un-responded emails within the analyzed received plurality of emails, wherein the identified first plurality of un-responded emails is in an inbox and was received within the pre-defined time span prior to the start time associated with the out-of-office notification being set by the user. and wherein the identified first plurality of un-responded emails was determined to require a first response; program instructions to identify a second plurality of un-responded emails within the analyzed received plurality of emails, wherein the identified second plurality of un-responded emails is in the inbox and was received within the pre-defined time span following the start time associated with the out-of-office notification being set by the user. and wherein the identified second plurality of un-responded emails was determined to require a second response; program instructions to send a first out-of-office message notification to the at least one sender associated with at least one un-responded email within the identified first plurality of un-responded emails; and program instructions to send a second out-of-office message notification to the at least one other sender associated with at least one un-responded email within the identified second plurality of un-responded emails. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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