发明名称 |
METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PROCESS DELAY WITHIN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM |
摘要 |
<p>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.</p> |
申请公布号 |
CA2037745(C) |
申请公布日期 |
1995.04.11 |
申请号 |
CA19912037745 |
申请日期 |
1991.03.07 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
WILLIAMS, MARVIN L.;WILLIAMS, MARVIN L. |
分类号 |
G06F1/00;G06F13/00;G06F17/21;G06Q10/00;(IPC1-7):G06F9/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F1/00 |
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