Intelligent delayed broadcast method and apparatus
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorBrian John Cragun
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Abstract
A method, system, and article of manufacture that improves the chance of getting an answer to a broadcast chat by sending the messages in subscribers in periodically delayed groups. If a group of subscribers does not produce enough suitable answers, the present invention will then rebroadcast the inquiry to another group of subscribers. This process will continue until enough suitable answers are received.
Claims36
A broadcast messaging method comprising:
- receiving a message for a plurality of subscribers;
- and
- broadcasting the message to a first subset of the plurality of subscribers.
A method of polling a plurality of subscribers to a broadcast messaging system, comprising:
- receiving an inquiry from a sender;
- broadcasting the inquiry to a first subset of the plurality of subscribers receiving an answer to the inquiry;
- receiving an answer to the inquiry from one subscriber in the first subset of subscribers;
- transmitting the answer to the sender;
- and
- broadcasting the inquiry to a second subset of the plurality of subscribers if the sender does not approve the answer.
A message broadcast system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor;
- and
- a broadcast server stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the broadcast server receives inquiries of a plurality of subscribers to a message broadcast system and transmits the inquiries to a first subset of the plurality of subscribers.
A computer program product, comprising:
- (a) a program configured to perform a method a broadcast messaging method, the method comprising:
- receiving a message for a plurality of subscribers from an original sender;
- and
- broadcasting the message to a first subset of the plurality of subscribers;
- and
- (b) a signal bearing media bearing the program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.