Patent ID: 9686214
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for unattended status and time-based messaging in an instant messaging (IM) environment, the method comprising: receiving a request from an IM user to queue a plurality of unattended status and time-based messages to be sent from the IM user to a designated recipient at a later time according to a time condition; retrieving a plurality of recovery triggers, respectively from the plurality of unattended status and time-based messages, the triggers specifying a time condition responsive to which one of the unattended status and time-based messages is to be transmitted to the designated recipient; transferring the plurality of unattended status and time-based messages to a message queue along with the triggers; subsequently detecting a recovery trigger in an IM communication in connection with a designated recipient of one of the queued unattended status and time-based messages; matching the detected recovery trigger from the IM communication to one of the plurality of recovery triggers of the queued unattended status and time-based messages based upon a time condition associated with the detected recovery trigger; and, selecting the queued unattended status and time-based message associated with the one of the plurality of recovery triggers that fulfills the time condition and transmitting the selected queued unattended status and time-based message to the designated recipient.