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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2003
Carl Phillip Gusler, Austin, TX (US);
Rick Allen Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Harry Schatz, McLean, VA (US);
James Wesley Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Carl Phillip Gusler, Austin, TX (US);
Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Harry Schatz, McLean, VA (US);
James Wesley Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An example of a solution provided here comprises: receiving a message from a sender; providing the message to a recipient; and in response to a request from the sender, automatically transmitting multiple-party receipt notifications to a number of persons. Thus a number of persons may be notified that the recipient has been provided with the content of the message. In some cases, such a solution may comprise providing limits for the multiple-party receipt notifications.