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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;

Inventors:

Gary D. Cudak, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Srihari V. Angaluri, Raleigh, NC (US);

Ajay Dholakia, Cary, NC (US);

Jarrod B. Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US);

Bryan L. Young, Tualatin, OR (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 51/18 (2022.01); H04L 51/043 (2022.01); H04L 51/00 (2022.01); H04L 51/224 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 51/043 (2013.01); H04L 51/14 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, system, method, and program product are disclosed for sending messages to an unavailable device. The apparatus includes a status module that determines that a recipient device for a message is unavailable to receive the message. The apparatus includes a message module that sends the message to an intermediate device for storage until the recipient device is available to receive the message in response to determining that the recipient device is unavailable to receive the message. The apparatus includes a notification module that sends a notification to the recipient device that the message is available to access from the intermediate device.


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