Patent ID: 7539731

Claim:
An automatic message sending method for automatically sending computer messages that have been registered in said computer by a sender by way of a communication network to communication terminals that have been registered in said computer by said sender when sending conditions that have been registered by said sender in said computer have been satisfied; wherein said sending conditions include a condition in which presence information of a recipient that can always be obtained by way of a communication network through said communication terminals that have been registered in said computer by said sender attains a prescribed state; said method comprising the steps of: acquiring said presence information by way of a communication network; referring to said presence information that has been acquired to monitor said presence information to determine whether said sending conditions have been met; automatically sending said messages when said sending conditions have been satisfied; judging whether there is no longer a possibility that said sending conditions will be satisfied; and when there is no longer a possibility that said sending conditions will be satisfied, deleting the registration of said messages.