Patent ID: 6097304
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A message processing method for performing an exchange of information between a sending party's terminal located in one time zone having a respective local time and at least one receiving party's terminal located in a different time zone having a respective local time, the two time zones having a time zone differential therebetween, comprising the steps of:manually designating at the sending party's terminal a first local transmission starting time in terms of the local time at the receiving party's location;automatically calculating the time zone differential between the local time at the sending party's location and the local time at the receiving party's location;automatically converting the first local transmission starting time into a second local transmission starting time in terms of the local time at the sending party's location, based on the calculated time zone differential;determining if the manually designated first local transmission time already has passed the local time at the receiving party's location; andinitiating an alarm and informing the sending party's terminal of a time capable of designation of transmission when it has been determined at said determining step that the first local information transmission starting time manually designated already has passed the local time at the receiving party's location.