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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Shihua Sun, Sammamish, WA (US);
James Violette, Issaquah, WA (US);
Mahmoud Abdelwareth, Redmond, WA (US);
Anthony Joseph, Bellevue, WA (US);
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage media for controlling the transmission of electronic messages are provided. Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for controlling electronic transmission of electronic communications generated by authoring services. The method includes receiving a first message from a first authoring service of the plurality of authoring services, the first message comprising at least one recipient and content for at least one electronic communication, adding the first message to a message queue associated with the at least one recipient, determining one or more characteristics associated with the at least one recipient, evaluating the first message using the one or more characteristics to determine a first message state for the first message, in response to determining that the message state indicates the first message is to be transmitted, forwarding the first message to message transmission circuitry, and transmitting the first message to the recipient.