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US 2011/0087741 A1Published application
Cost management for messages
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsEDITH H. STERN, PATRICK J. O'SULLIVAN, LIAM HARPUR, BARRY E. WILLNER
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Abstract
Messages are managed for cost. A processing device includes receiving a message designating a recipient and determining a cost associated with the message.
Claims20
A method for cost management for messages operable on a processing device comprising:
- receiving, by a processing device, a message designating a recipient;
- determining, by the processing device, a cost associated with the message;
- associating the cost with the message by the processing device;
- and
- sending the message and the associated cost by the processing device to the recipient.
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A computing device for cost management for messages comprising:
- a network interface in the computing device, the network interface being configured to receive a message designating a recipient;
- and
- a processor in the computing device, the processor configured to determine a cost associated with the message and to associate the cost with the message, wherein the message and the associated cost are sent to the recipient by the processing device.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium, said computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to receive a message designating a recipient;
- computer readable program code configured to determine a cost associated with the message;
- computer readable program code configured to associate the cost with the message by the processing device;
- and
- computer readable program code configured to sending the message and the associated cost by the processing device to the recipient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.