Patent ID: 9088534
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of delivering an electronic communication to a recipient, comprising: sending an electronic communication from a sender to a plurality of recipients; determining that at least one other recipient generated a response to the electronic communication; identifying a relationship between a recipient who has not yet responded to the electronic communication and the at least one other recipient that generated the response; determining a strength of the relationship between the recipient who has not yet responded to the electronic communication and the at least one other recipient that generated the response, the strength of the relationship ranging from a close relationship to a distant relationship; generating a response assessment result for the recipient who has not yet responded to the electronic communication in response to the determined relationship between the recipient who has not yet responded to the electronic communication and the at least one other recipient that generated the response, wherein the response assessment result is different when the strength of the relationship is the close relationship than when the relationship is the distant relationship; and outputting the response assessment result to the recipient who has not yet responded to the electronic communication, the response assessment result including information related to a recommendation whether to respond to the electronic communication and alerting the recipient who has not yet responded to the electronic communication of the at least one other recipient that generated the response.