Method and system for providing contact specific delivery reports

Abstract

A method includes selecting a contact for receiving a message from a computing device, and determining delivery report options individually for the selected contact, where the delivery report options are maintained for each message sent to the contact regardless of a global setting for delivery reports in the computing device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 .- 32 . (canceled) 
     
     
         33 . A method comprising:
 selecting a global delivery report setting in which delivery reports are either on or off for all SMS messages;   selecting a contact from a list of available contacts;   presenting options for receiving delivery reports for SMS messages sent to the selected contact, said options comprising:
 defaulting to a global delivery report setting; 
 selecting not to receive delivery reports which overrides the global delivery report setting; and 
 selecting to receive delivery reports which overrides the global delivery report setting; and 
   providing, in response to selecting to receive delivery reports for the selected contact, further options relating to events that trigger a delivery report.   
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the contact includes a group of message recipients. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the delivery report further options include receiving a delivery report upon delivery. 
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the delivery report further options include receiving a delivery report upon a failure to deliver after a specified time period. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 33 , further comprising selecting delivery report options individually for the selected contact the first time a message is constructed for the contact. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 33 , further comprising selecting delivery report options individually for the selected contact each time a message is constructed for the contact. 
     
     
         39 . An apparatus comprising:
 a client for selecting a global delivery report setting in which delivery reports are either on or off for all SMS messages;   a messaging client for defining a contact from a list of available contacts;   a display for presenting options for receiving delivery reports for messages sent to the selected contact, said options comprising:
 defaulting to a global delivery report setting; 
 selecting not to receive delivery reports which overrides the global delivery report setting; and 
 selecting to receive delivery reports which overrides the global delivery report setting; and 
   providing, in response to selecting to receive delivery reports for the selected contact, further options relating to events that trigger a delivery report.   
     
     
         40 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the contact includes a group of message recipients. 
     
     
         41 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the delivery report further options include receiving a delivery report upon delivery. 
     
     
         42 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the delivery report further options include receiving a delivery report upon a failure to deliver after a specified time period. 
     
     
         43 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the computing device operates to present delivery report options individually for the selected contact the first time a message is constructed for the contact. 
     
     
         44 . The apparatus of  claim 39 , wherein the computing device operates to present delivery report options individually for the selected contact each time a message is constructed for the contact. 
     
     
         45 . A computer usable storage device having computer readable code embodied therein for causing a computing device to present information, the computer readable code in the computer program product comprising:
 computer readable program code for selecting a global delivery report setting in which delivery reports are either on or off for all SMS messages;   computer readable program code for selecting a contact from a list of available contacts; and   computer readable program code for presenting options for receiving delivery reports for messages sent to the selected contact, said options comprising:
 defaulting to a global delivery report setting; 
 selecting not to receive delivery reports which overrides the global delivery report setting; and 
 selecting to receive delivery reports which overrides the global delivery report setting; and 
   providing, in response to selecting to receive delivery reports for the selected contact, further options relating to events that trigger a delivery report.   
     
     
         46 . The computer usable storage device of  claim 45 , further comprising computer readable program code for presenting delivery report options individually for the selected contact the first time a message is constructed for the contact. 
     
     
         47 . The computer usable storage device of  claim 45 , further comprising computer readable program code for presenting delivery report options individually for the selected contact each time a message is constructed for the contact. 
     
     
         48 . The computer usable storage device of  claim 45 , wherein the contact includes a group of message recipients. 
     
     
         49 . The computer usable storage device of  claim 45 , wherein the delivery report further options include receiving a delivery report upon delivery. 
     
     
         50 . The computer usable storage device of  claim 45 , wherein the delivery report further options include receiving a delivery report upon a failure to deliver after a specified time period.