Appeal No. 1996-3281
Application 07/895,467
The invention is directed to message processing method
and apparatus. A party sending a message manually designates
the desired transmission time in terms of the local time at
the designated receiving party’s terminal. The time zone
differential (if any) between the local time at the sending
party’s location and the local time at the receiving party’s
location is then automatically calculated. The time
differential is then used to automatically convert the local
transmission starting time entered by the sending party, into
a local transmission starting time in terms of the sending
party’s local time. Transmission will then begin at the
appropriate local transmission starting time at the sending
party’s location, without requiring the user to manually
calculate the time differential and convert the receiving
party’s local time into his own. When the sending party
designates a transmission time that has already passed at the
receiving party’s terminal, an error condition is recognized
and the sending party is so notified. Additionally, when such
an error condition is recognized, the sending party may be
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