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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCorinne M. Ryan, Ruthie D. Lyle, Doris L. Jones
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A system for providing open session based selective broadcasting in an instant messaging system. The instant messaging system user is provided with a mechanism through which they can broadcast a user-defined message to the participants in all currently open instant messaging sessions with the user, or to the participants in a selected subset of currently open instant messaging sessions with the user. The system provides the ability to capture and save a list of the participants receiving a previously broadcast message. The captured participant list can be subsequently recalled and used to broadcast another user defined message when the interruption ends, and the user can resume participation in the sessions.
A method of providing open session based selective broadcasting in an instant messaging system, comprising:
An apparatus including a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium having stored thereon program code operable to cause a computer system to provide open session based selective broadcasting in an instant messaging system, comprising:
A computer program product including a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium having stored thereon program code operable to cause a computer system to provide open session based selective broadcasting in an instant messaging system, said program code comprising:
A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, said computer data signal having encoded thereon computer instructions which, when executed on a computer system, cause said computer system to provide open session based selective broadcasting in an instant messaging system, said program code comprising:
A system for providing open session based selective broadcasting in an instant messaging system, comprising:
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