Prohibiting mobile forwarding
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an electronic message comprising an instant message;
receiving a sender-specified destination for the electronic message from a user, wherein the destination comprises an instant message identity associated with a recipient;
obtaining information indicating whether the destination is available to receive the electronic message using an instant message address;
obtaining information indicating whether the recipient is eligible for communication different than sending the instant message to the instant message identity via the instant message address;
obtaining information indicating whether a communication address is associated with the destination, the communication address being different than the instant message address;
obtaining information indicating whether a communication based on the electronic message is allowed to be sent to the recipient based on a current geographic location of the recipient or the time of the communication to the recipient; and
sending the communication using the communication address in response to determining that the destination is unavailable to receive the electronic message using the instant message address, that the recipient is eligible for communication different than sending the instant message to the instant message address, that the communication address is associated with the destination, and that the communication is allowed to be sent to the recipient based on the current geographic location of the recipient or the time of the communication to the recipient.
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Abstract
An incoming message and an indication of a sender-specified destination for the incoming message are received. In addition, a determination is made as to whether a mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination. If a mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination, a first message that is based on the incoming message is sent to the mobile telephone number. Furthermore, a second message is sent to the mobile telephone number that indicates that the first message was sent to the mobile telephone number based on a determination that the mobile telephone number is known by the sender to be associated with the sender-specified destination.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an electronic message comprising an instant message; receiving a sender-specified destination for the electronic message from a user, wherein the destination comprises an instant message identity associated with a recipient; obtaining information indicating whether the destination is available to receive the electronic message using an instant message address; obtaining information indicating whether the recipient is eligible for communication different than sending the instant message to the instant message identity via the instant message address; obtaining information indicating whether a communication address is associated with the destination, the communication address being different than the instant message address; obtaining information indicating whether a communication based on the electronic message is allowed to be sent to the recipient based on a current geographic location of the recipient or the time of the communication to the recipient; and sending the communication using the communication address in response to determining that the destination is unavailable to receive the electronic message using the instant message address, that the recipient is eligible for communication different than sending the instant message to the instant message address, that the communication address is associated with the destination, and that the communication is allowed to be sent to the recipient based on the current geographic location of the recipient or the time of the communication to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer executable program causing a processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving an incoming message from a sender and an indication of a sender-specified first destination for the incoming message; obtaining information indicating that the sender-specified first destination is not available for the incoming message; in response to the sender-specified first destination being not available, obtaining information indicating that a second destination is associated with the sender-specified first destination; obtaining information indicating that the second destination is not available to receive the incoming message; storing the incoming message in response to the second destination being not available to receive the incoming message; in response to the first destination becoming available to receive electronic messages after the storing, forwarding the incoming message to the first destination; and in response to the second destination being associated with the sender-specified first destination and the second destination becoming available to receive electronic messages before the first destination has become available after the storing, forwarding the incoming message to the second destination. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for sending a notification to a mobile device comprising:
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at least one processor; and a computer-readable storage device storing instructions, which when executed on the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; receiving an electronic message comprising an instant message; receiving a sender-specified destination for the electronic message from a user, wherein the destination is associated with a recipient; obtaining information indicating whether the destination is available to receive the electronic message using an instant message address; obtaining information indicating whether the recipient is eligible for communication different than sending the instant message to the instant message address; obtaining information indicating whether a communication address is associated with the destination, the communication address being different than the instant message address; obtaining information indicating whether a communication based on the electronic message is allowed to be sent to the recipient based on a current geographic location of the recipient or the time of the communication to the recipient; and sending the communication using the communication address in response to determining that the destination is unavailable to receive the electronic message using the instant message address, that the recipient is eligible for communication different than sending the instant message to the instant message address, that the communication address is associated with the destination, and that the communication is allowed to be sent to the recipient based on the current geographic location of the recipient or the time of the communication to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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