Patent ID: 7725543
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A network communication device having a function of receiving a plurality of e-mail messages, each e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, the device comprising: disposition notification transmitting means for, when having received an e-mail message containing a disposition notification request, transmitting a disposition notification to a recipient address specified in the e-mail message, the recipient address being associated with a sender of the e-mail message; and disposition notification controlling means for controlling the disposition notification transmitting means to consolidate multiple disposition notifications, corresponding to separate e-mail messages and addressed to an identical recipient address, into a single e-mail message for transmission, such that the single e-mail message is addressed to the recipient address associated with the sender, wherein the e-mail messages containing the multiple disposition notification requests received from the sender also specify response conditions and the network communication device determines when to send the single e-mail message based on the response conditions.