Patent ID: 8996623
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for cost management for messages operable on a processing device comprising: receiving, by a processing device, a message designating a recipient; determining, by the processing device, a cost associated with the message; associating the cost with the message by the processing device in response to the message meeting a predetermined criteria, wherein associating the cost with the message comprises associating a cost of creating the message and a resource cost with the message, the cost of creating the message being based on a profile and expertise of a sender, wherein the predetermined criteria comprises a number of recipients exceeding a defined threshold and at least one of the recipients being associated with a different section of a same company as the sender; sending the message and the associated cost by the processing device to the recipient in response to the message meeting the predetermined criteria and the cost being associated with the message; and sending the message by the processing device to the recipient in response to the message not meeting the predetermined criteria for associating the cost with the message.