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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Manish A. Bhide, Hyderabad, IN;

Nithinkrishna Shenoy, Mangalore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2013.01); H04L 51/14 (2013.01); H04L 51/22 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01); H04L 51/36 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06N 5/047 (2013.01); G06Q 10/109 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for an out-of-office message notification system to notify at least one sender who has sent an email in a pre-defined time span prior to a start time associated with an out-of-office notification being set by a user is provided. The method may include identifying an unresponded email within a plurality of unresponded emails in an inbox received within the pre-defined time span prior to the start time associated with the out-of-office notification being set by a user. The method may also include sending an out-of-office message notification to the sender associated with the unresponded email.


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