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US 2010/0169435 A1Published application
System and method for joining a conversation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPatrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Robert Cameron Weir, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner
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Abstract
A method and computer program product for receiving a join request, from a requestor, to join an online conversation in which an online user of an instant messaging system is participating. A notification is provided to the online user that the requester would like to join the online conversation.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a join request, from a requestor, to join an online conversation in which an online user of an instant messaging system is participating;
- and
- providing a notification to the online user that the requestor would like to join the online conversation.
A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a join request, from a requestor, to join an online conversation in which an online user of an instant messaging system is participating;
- and
- providing a notification to the online user that the requester would like to join the online conversation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.