Patent ID: 8635278
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: in response to a selection of one or more of email, instant message, SMS, and teleconference, allowing a user to define, on a computer running an interruption control process, at least one of an email, instant message, and teleconference as an interruption control initiation trigger; defining, on the computer running the interruption control process, an interruption control release trigger, wherein the interruption control release trigger includes a release request transmitted from an application at the end of at least one of a chain of email correspondence, an instant message exchange, and a voice call; initiating, on the computer running the interruption control process, an interruption control period, associated with a plurality of communication channels, and based upon, at least in part, the interruption control initiation trigger; and terminating, on the computer running the interruption control process, the interruption control period based upon, at least in part, the interruption control release trigger;