| 摘要 |
A message management method and apparatus carrying out the steps of, receiving a number of messages;<BR> categorising each received message as being in one of a plurality of groups;<BR> recording each message together with a respective associated delay value;<BR> periodically changing the delay value associated with each recorded message, the rate of change of delay value being different for messages in different groups;<BR> selecting a message to be processed based upon a comparison of the delay values associated with different messages;<BR> sending said selected message to be processed, and removing the record of the sent message and the associated delay value. |
