Selective Instant Message Disposition Notification via Header Parameters
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current group messaging systems are inefficient as senders receive unnecessary disposition notifications from all group members, leading to network overload and spam-like reports, when they only need information from specific recipients.
Innovation Solution
A mobile communication system and method where the sender specifies desired group members for Instant Message Disposition Notification (IMDN) requests, allowing only those members to generate and send reports back to the sender through an IM server, using a Disposition-Notification header field with a new parameter to designate target recipients.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the sender requests disposition notifications from all group members, then the sender receives complete delivery status information, but the network becomes overloaded and the sender receives unnecessary spam-like reports
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing the sender to specify different notification preferences for different group members through the Disposition-Notification header field. Instead of uniformly requesting notifications from all members, the sender can selectively designate which members should generate reports, thereby receiving necessary delivery status information while avoiding unnecessary reports that cause network overload and spam issues.
2Reliability
If the system requests disposition notifications from all group members, then complete message delivery status is achieved, but resource waste and inefficiency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary disposition notification requests from the set of all group members. By using the Disposition-Notification header field to specify particular target recipients, the system extracts and processes only those notifications that are actually needed, rather than processing notifications from all members. This reduces resource waste and improves system efficiency while maintaining reliable message delivery status tracking.
3Loss of information
If disposition notifications are requested from all group members, then comprehensive delivery confirmation is obtained, but the burden on senders and networks increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent reduces network and sender burden by applying local quality through selective notification requests. The Disposition-Notification header field enables the sender to specify exactly which group members should generate disposition notifications, thereby obtaining necessary delivery confirmation information while minimizing the energy and resources consumed by unnecessary notification processing across the network and on sender devices.
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AI summary
A method and system are provided for requesting a disposition notification from each group member for an Instant Messaging (IM) message. A sender requests desired group members for a disposition notification for an IM message in a group messaging service. The sender on the transmission side constructs an IM message to include information on the group members designated by the sender and transmits the constructed IM message to an IM server. After receiving the IM message from the sender, the IM server generates IM messages corresponding to the group members based on the information included in the received IM message, and then transmits the generated IM messages to respective group members. Accordingly, only the group members that have received the IM messages can generate their own reports, and then transmit the generated reports to the sender, allowing the sender to receive the disposition notification only from desired group members.