Patent ID: 8903055
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer storage device, executable on a computing system, including a tangible medium and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer implemented method for providing a plurality of out of office messages associated with an email address of a user, the user being a member of an organization, the method comprising: receiving, by the computing system, an appointment in a calendar of the user, wherein the appointment is associated with a time period; receiving a first out of office message, the first out of office message associated with a first group of recipients and the appointment in the calendar, wherein the first group of recipients are members of the organization; receiving a second out of office message, the second out of office message associated with a second group of recipients and the appointment in the calendar; receiving one or more first out of office message parameters for the first out of office message, wherein at least one parameter specifies an out of office time period during which the first out of office message is to be sent, wherein the out of office time period is associated with the time period for the appointment in the calendar; receiving an email message from a sender, the sender having a sender's email address associated with the organization, wherein the sender's email address was not added to the first group of recipients by the user; and sending the first out of office message in response to the email message.