| US 7,539,731 B2 | ||
| Method for automatically sending messages at desired appropriate timings and an automatic message sending service system | ||
| Hirohisa Yamamoto, Minato-ku (Japan); Kenichi Okazaki, Minato-ku (Japan); and Tsutomu Iitsuka, Minato-ku (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to NEC Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 13, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/889,095. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-274189 (JP), filed on Jul. 14, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0013291 A1, Jan. 20, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—206 [379/93.24; 455/466] | 18 Claims |
| 1. 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.
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