MESSAGE COMPOSITION MANAGEMENT FOR FATIGUED COMPOSERS

• US 20120110395A1
• Filed: 10/27/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Gearhart, Rob A., Harpur, Liam, Kelly, Mark, Rice, John
• Granted Patent: US 10,387,843 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/49
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for message composition management for fatigued composers of electronic messages. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for message composition management for fatigued composers of electronic messages includes detecting a request by a message composer to transmit a message to a designated recipient in a messaging client executing in memory of a computer. The method also includes computing a fatigue quotient for the message composer. Finally the method includes diverting the message to a drafts folder instead of transmitting the message if the fatigue quotient exceeds a threshold value.

Claims

1. A method for message composition management for fatigued composers of electronic messages, the method comprising:

detecting a request by a message composer to transmit a message to a designated recipient in a messaging client executing in memory of a computer;

computing a fatigue quotient for the message composer; and

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diverting the message to a drafts folder instead of transmitting the message if the fatigue quotient exceeds a threshold value;

wherein computing a fatigue quotient comprises counting a number of errors in other messages recently composed by the composer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein computing a fatigue quotient comprises combining a count of a number of errors in the message and also in other messages recently composed by the composer.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

opening the message diverted to the drafts folder from the drafts folder;

delaying an ability of the composer to transmit the opened message for a period of time; and

,

permitting transmission of the opened message once the period of time has elapsed.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the period of time is computed based upon a size of the opened message.

2. (canceled)

3. (canceled)

7. An electronic message composition data processing system configured for message composition management for fatigued composers of electronic messages, the system comprising:

an e-mail client executing in memory of a computer; and

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a fatigue management module coupled to the e-mail client, the module comprising program code that when executed by the computer, detects a request by a message composer to transmit a message to a designated recipient in the e-mail client, computes a fatigue quotient for the message composer, and diverts the message to a drafts folder of the e-mail client instead of transmitting the message if the fatigue quotient exceeds a threshold value;

wherein the module computes a fatigue quotient by counting a number of errors in other messages recently composed by the composer.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the fatigue quotient comprises a count of a number of errors in the message and also in other messages recently composed by the composer.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the program code when executed by the computer further opens the message diverted to the drafts folder from the drafts folder, delays an ability of the composer to transmit the opened message for a period of time, and permits transmission of the opened message once the period of time has elapsed.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the period of time is computed based upon a size of the opened message.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the period of time is computed based upon a complexity of the opened message.

8. (canceled)

9. (canceled)

14. A computer program product for message composition management for fatigued composers of electronic messages, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code for detecting a request by a message composer to transmit a message to a designated recipient in a messaging client executing in memory of a computer;

computer readable program code for computing a fatigue quotient for the message composer; and

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computer readable program code for diverting the message to a drafts folder instead of transmitting the message if the fatigue quotient exceeds a threshold value;

wherein computing a fatigue quotient comprises counting a number of errors in other messages recently composed by the composer.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code for computing a fatigue quotient comprises computer readable program code for combining a count of a number of errors in the message and also in other messages recently composed by the composer.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

computer readable program code for opening the message diverted to the drafts folder from the drafts folder;

computer readable program code for delaying an ability of the composer to transmit the opened message for a period of time; and

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computer readable program code for permitting transmission of the opened message once the period of time has elapsed.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the period of time is computed based upon a size of the opened message.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the period of time is computed based upon a complexity of the opened message.

15. (canceled)

16. (canceled)