International Business Machines Corporation

Jaitirth V Shirole

Prasad P Purandare

Girish Padmanabhan

Rajesh Patil

Hina Purohit

Paryushan Sarsamkar

Supreet K Bhatia

Adnan S Jariwala

James E Hart

A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for managing unavailability notices. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of initializing an out of office notice, wherein the out of office notice is associated with a first user of an e-mail service; receiving inputs for the out of office notice, wherein the inputs include one or more of: a duration of time selection, alternative contact information, and message content; receiving a list of one or more user to whom to send an out of office alert notice; and sending to the one or more users from the list the out of office alert notice with a reminder function, wherein the reminder function allows for each of the one or more users to receive a reminder about unavailability at another time.

Managing unavailability notices

A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for managing unavailability notices. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of initializing an out of office notice, wherein the out of office notice is associated with a first user of an e-mail service; receiving inputs for the out of office notice, wherein the inputs include one or more of: a duration of time selection, alternative contact information, and message content; receiving a list of one or more user to whom to send an out of office alert notice with the received inputs; and sending to the one or more users from the list the out of office alert notice with the received inputs and a reminder function, wherein the reminder function allows for each of the one or more users to receive a reminder about unavailability at another time.

Software is propagated over a social network through an instant message client. The software is propagated to a computing device in the social network over the instant message client, wherein the software is based upon a rating system within the social network.

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Jaitirth V Shirole