International Business Machines Corporation

Stanley M Sutton, Jr

Isabelle Marie Rouvellou

Thomas Arthur Mikalsen

Peri L Tarr

Harold Leon Ossher

Stefan Tai

William H Harrison

A system (and method) for identifying concerns includes a specifying device for specifying at least one initial concern, and an identifying device for identifying at least one related concern having a relationship with at least one initial concern.

System and method for identifying concerns

A computer-based method for use in an asynchronous messaging system comprises the steps of: (i) defining at least one message delivery outcome condition for at least one message to be sent in the system and associating the message delivery outcome condition with the message to be sent in the system; (ii) sending the message with the associated message delivery outcome condition in the system; and (iii) monitoring the delivery of the sent message and evaluating the delivery outcome of the message with respect to the associated message delivery outcome condition such that a sender of the message may be notified as to the outcome of the delivery of the message to final recipients.

Methods and apparatus for defining, observing and evaluating message delivery outcome on a per-message basis

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Stanley M Sutton, Jr