Synchronization of questions and answers in a collaborative messaging environment

A computer hardware system for maintaining an instant message session between a first participant and a second participant, comprising:

• at least one hardware processor configured to perform:
• parsing, into a plurality of fragments associated with the first participant, one of a plurality of instant messages received from the first participant within the instant message session;
• parsing, into a plurality of fragments associated with the second participant, one of a plurality of instant messages received from the second participant within the instant message session;
• identifying one of the plurality of fragments, based upon message text of the plurality of fragments associated with the first participant, as a question;
• identifying one of the plurality of fragments, based upon message text of the plurality of fragments associated with the second participant, as an answer;
• matching the answer to the question;
• and
• providing instructions for displaying, concurrently with and separate from an initial chat transcript, a supplemental display transcript, wherein
• the initial chat transcript displays, in sequential order, the plurality of instant messages from the first and second participant, and
• the supplemental display transcript displays the answer visually matched to the question.

A computer program product, comprising

• a hardware storage device having stored therein computer usable program code for maintaining an instant message session between a first participant and a second participant,
• the computer usable program code, which when executed by a computer hardware system, causes the computer hardware system to perform:
• parsing, into a plurality of fragments associated with the first participant, one of a plurality of instant messages received from the first participant within the instant message session;
• parsing, into a plurality of fragments associated with the second participant, one of a plurality of instant messages received from the second participant within the instant message session;
• identifying one of the plurality of fragments, based upon message text of the plurality of fragments associated with the first participant, as a question;
• identifying one of the plurality of fragments, based upon message text of the plurality of fragments associated with the second participant, as an answer;
• matching the answer to the question;
• and
• providing instructions for displaying, concurrently with and separate from an initial chat transcript, a supplemental display transcript, wherein
• the initial chat transcript displays, in sequential order, the plurality of instant messages from the first and second participant, and
• the supplemental display transcript displays the answer visually matched to the question.