Read confirmation of electronic messages
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDenise A. Bell, Jana H. Jenkins, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Adriana A. Morales
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Abstract
Embodiments include techniques for read confirmation of electronic messages, the techniques include displaying a message to a user, and determining one or more portions of the message has been scanned based on a tracking. The techniques also include comparing a threshold to the one or more portions of the message that has been scanned, and presenting an estimated unscanned portion of the message based on the comparison.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for read confirmation of electronic messages, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- displaying a message to a user;
- determining one or more portions of the message has been scanned based on a tracking;
- comparing a threshold to the one or more portions of the message that has been scanned;
- and
- presenting an estimated unscanned portion of the message based on the comparison.
A system for read confirmation of electronic messages, the system comprising:
- a storage medium, the storage medium being coupled to a processor;
- the processor configured to:
- display a message to a user;
- determine one or more portions of the message has been scanned based on a tracking;
- compare a threshold to the one or more portions of the message that has been scanned;
- and
- present an estimated unscanned portion of the message based on the comparison.
A computer program product for read confirmation of electronic messages, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon first program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- display a message to a user;
- determine one or more portions of the message has been scanned based on a tracking;
- compare a threshold to the one or more portions of the message that has been scanned;
- and
- present an estimated unscanned portion of the message based on the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.