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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:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Vinai S. Amble, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nicholas M. Augustyniak, Seattle, WA (US);

Edwin J. Bruce, Corinth, TX (US);

Romelia H. Flores, Keller, TX (US);

Lemnyuy B. Nyuykongi, Coppell, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/066 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/066 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.05);
Abstract

Managing instant message delivery may include receiving, using a processor, an instant message, wherein the instant message is directed to a recipient, and responsive to receiving the instant message, determining, using the processor, a user profile for the recipient and an activity level of a client device of the recipient. The user profile may specify rules for delivering instant messages to the recipient from users. Responsive to receiving the instant message, a delivery policy for the instant message may be determined using the processor according to the user profile of the recipient and the activity level of the client device. The instant message may be sent to the client device of the recipient according to the delivery policy using the processor.


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