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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2011
Applicants:
Michael Joseph Deluca, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Thomas Casey Hill, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael Joseph DeLuca, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Thomas Casey Hill, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for selective delivery of social network messages within a social network. When it is determined that one or more new messages to be communicated to members of a social group of the social network have content substantially similar to a given content of a plurality of messages previously communicated to the social group, notification of the one or more new messages to the one or more members of the social group can be selectively adjusted.