ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,808, issued on March 25, was assigned to ADP Inc. (Roseland, N.J.).
"Message routing based on unavailability" was invented by Isaac Jordan Thompson (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Asynchronous messaging on an instant messaging system is provided. The method comprises receiving an instant message from a send addressed to a recipient on the instant messaging system and determining a current user status of the recipient. Responsive to a determination the recipient is currently available, the instant messaging system sends the instant message to the recipient in real time. Responsive to a determination the recipient is currently...