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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideaki Shimizu, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU) that: transmits and receives a message via a network; manages the message received; discriminates reply necessity to the message being managed; discriminates a message type according to a content of the message discriminated as a message that requires a reply; and calculates an estimated time required by a recipient of the message to reply to the message according to the message type discriminated. The information processing apparatus further includes a user interface that displays the estimated time before displaying the message.