Method for automated process delay within a data processing syst

Details Method for automated process delay within a data processing syst Method for automated process delay within a data processing syst

1990-04-27

1992-07-21

Shaw, Dale M.

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G06F 1538

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051329026

ABSTRACT:
A method is disclosed for automating a selected delay within a data processing procedure. A desired deferral time is specified and associated with a particular document or process within a data processing system. Thereafter, the occurrence of the desired deferral time results in the automated processing of the associated document by the system. In one embodiment of the present invention a user may specify a particular date and time after which a response to a particular document is desired. The desired deferral time is then associated with the particular document in a distribution profile and utilized to either prompt a recipient to respond after the elapse of the specified time or to automatically defer the transmission of the recipient's response until the desired time. Similarly, a user may utilize this technique to chronologically order the fan out distribution of a document by transmitting a list of desired addressees and an associated desired deferral time for each such addressee to a transmission service. Thereafter, as each desired deferral time elapses the document will automatically be transmitted by the transmission service to an associated addressee.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4807154 (1989-02-01), Scully et al.
patent: 4817018 (1989-03-01), Cree et al.
patent: 4899299 (1990-02-01), MacPhail

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