Merging instant messaging (IM) chat sessions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9503281-B2
Application number	US-201514816495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2015
Priority date	Sep 17, 2002
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

The present disclosure provides for merging of instant messaging (IM) chat sessions. In one embodiment, a method for automatically replying to an IM message from a first IM sender when a recipient is engaged in an IM session with a second IM sender is provided. In another embodiment, the disclosure provides a method for forwarding IM messages to a recipient at different IM clients. In still another embodiment, a method for transferring IM messages to a different recipient is provided. In some embodiments, two separate IM chat sessions are merged into a single IM chat session.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a memory that stores instructions;
a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
determining if a response from a recipient was sent to a sender during a first time interval, wherein the response is a reply to an instant messaging message sent by the sender to the recipient;
determining if the recipient is already engaged in a first instant messaging chat session with a contact if the…

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Malik Dale W

Classifications

• G06Q10/107 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L51/16

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/066

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• H04L12/5835

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L12/581 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic