Routing instant messages using configurable, pluggable delivery managers
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMoshe M. E. Matsa, Julius Q. Quiaot, Christopher R. Vincent
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Abstract
Configurable, pluggable delivery managers are responsible for routing instant messages to intended recipients. A delivery manager is selected for a particular message, and that delivery manager defines, at runtime, a delivery policy to be used to route the instant message to an intended recipient of the message. The delivery policy is based upon a configuration of the delivery manager, a user configuration of the intended recipient, and one or more available delivery mechanisms. The delivery manager routes the instant message using the delivery policy.
Claims7
A method of routing instant messages, said method comprising:
- selecting a delivery manager from a plurality of available delivery managers, via a client application to route an instant message to an intended recipient of the instant message, wherein said delivery manager is pluggable;
- configuring, said delivery manager at runtime via the client application wherein the configuring comprises selecting a configuration for said delivery manager from plurality of configurations, using content of the instant message;
- querying, by the delivery manager, a user configuration database of the intended recipient to determine one or more available delivery mechanisms supported by the intended recipient;
- querying, by the delivery manager, a delivery mechanism database to determine the active delivery mechanisms of the client application available for routing the instant message;
- identifying, by the delivery manager, one or more delivery mechanisms that are common to a result of the querying of the user configuration database and the querying of the delivery mechanism database to yield one or more possible delivery mechanisms;
- selecting, by the delivery manager, from the one or more possible delivery mechanisms, at least one delivery mechanism supported by the delivery manager;
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- routing, by the delivery manager, the instant message to the intended recipient using the at least one delivery mechanism.
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