Confirmation system and method for instant messaging
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRyan Urquhart, David Schell, Vonetta Urquhart
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Abstract
A system and method for confirming messages being sent within an instant messaging environment. An instant messaging system is disclosed, comprising a confirmation enablement system that allows a user to selectively enable a requires confirmation option for a contact associated with the user; and a send message interface that displays a confirmation requirement for messages being sent to the contact if the requires confirmation option is enabled, wherein the confirmation requirement must be confirmed by the user before the message can be sent.
Claims23
An instant messaging system, comprising:
- a confirmation enablement system that allows a user to selectively enable a requires confirmation option for a contact associated with the user;
- and
- a send message interface that displays a confirmation requirement for messages being sent to the contact if the requires confirmation option is enabled, wherein the confirmation requirement must be confirmed by the user before the message can be sent.
A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium for implementing an instant messaging system, comprising:
- means for allowing a user to selectively enable a requires confirmation option for a contact associated with the user;
- and
- means for displaying a confirmation requirement for messages being sent to the contact if the requires confirmation option is enabled, wherein the confirmation requirement must be confirmed by the user before the message can be sent.
A method for implementing an instant messaging system, comprising:
- enabling a requires confirmation option for a contact associated with a user;
- writing a message to the contact;
- and
- displaying a confirmation requirement for the message being sent to the contact, wherein the confirmation requirement must be confirmed by the user before the message can be sent.
A method for deploying an instant messaging application, comprising:
- providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
- allow a user to selectively enable a requires confirmation option for a contact associated with the user;
- and
- display a confirmation requirement for messages being sent to the contact if the requires confirmation option is enabled, wherein the confirmation requirement must be confirmed by the user before the message can be sent.
Computer software embodied in a propagated signal for implementing an instant messaging system, the computer software comprising instructions to cause a computer to perform the following functions:
- allow a user to selectively enable a requires confirmation option for a contact associated with the user;
- and
- display a confirmation requirement for messages being sent to the contact if the requires confirmation option is enabled, wherein the confirmation requirement must be confirmed by the user before the message can be sent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.