Persistent personal messaging in a distributed system

At least one processor for providing persistent messaging services to a population of client devices connected to a distributed network, comprising:

• a first hardware module for placing a user data in a shared memory space for a user initiating active communications with a persistent messaging service from a client device;
• a second module for locating a message object stored in the shared memory space that matches the user data for a prior messaging session;
• and
• a third module for sending a historical message derived from the message object to the client device,
• wherein the historical message comprises at least a portion of the prior messaging session.

A computer program product for providing persistent messaging services to a population of client devices connected to a distributed network, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
• at least one instruction for causing a computer to place a user data in a shared memory space for a user initiating active communications with a persistent messaging service from a client device;
• at least one instruction for causing the computer to locate a message object stored in the shared memory space that matches the user data for a prior messaging session;
• and
• at least one instruction for causing the computer to send a historical message derived from the message object to the client device,
• wherein the historical message comprises at least a portion of the prior messaging session.

An apparatus for providing persistent messaging services to a population of client devices connected to a distributed network, comprising:

• means for placing a user data in a shared memory space for a user initiating active communications with a persistent messaging service from a client device;
• means for locating a message object stored in the shared memory space that matches the user data for a prior messaging session;
• and
• means for sending a historical message derived from the message object to the client device,
• wherein the historical message comprises at least a portion of the prior messaging session.

An apparatus for providing persistent messaging services to a population of client devices connected to a distributed network, comprising:

• a computing platform hosting a shared memory space performing a persistent messaging service;
• a communication network;
• and
• a messaging gateway placing a user data in the shared memory space for a user initiating active communication between a client device and the messaging gateway via the communication network, the messaging gateway further locating a message object stored in the shared memory space that matches the user data for a prior messaging session, and sending a historical message derived from the message object to the client device via the communication network,
• wherein the historical message comprises at least a portion of the prior messaging session.

A method for receiving persistent messaging services from a distributed network, comprising:

• initiating active communications with a persistent messaging service from a client device to cause placement of a user data in a shared memory space for a user, and to cause locating of a message object stored in the shared memory space that matches the user data for a prior messaging session;
• and
• receiving a historical message derived from the message object to the client device,
• wherein the historical message comprises at least a portion of the prior messaging session.

At least one processor for receiving persistent messaging services from a distributed network, comprising:

• a first hardware module for initiating active communications with a persistent messaging service from a client device to cause placement of a user data in a shared memory space for a user, and to cause locating of a message object stored in the shared memory space that matches the user data for a prior messaging session;
• and
• a second module for receiving a historical message derived from the message object to the client device,
• wherein the historical message comprises at least a portion of the prior messaging session.

A computer program product for receiving persistent messaging services from a distributed network, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
• at least one instruction for causing a computer to initiate active communications with a persistent messaging service from a client device to cause placement of a user data in a shared memory space for a user, and to cause locating of a message object stored in the shared memory space that matches the user data for a prior messaging session;
• and
• at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive a historical message derived from the message object to the client device,
• wherein the historical message comprises at least a portion of the prior messaging session.

An apparatus for receiving persistent messaging services from a distributed network, comprising:

• means for initiating active communications with a persistent messaging service from a client device to cause placement of a user data in a shared memory space for a user, and to cause locating of a message object stored in the shared memory space that matches the user data for a prior messaging session;
• and
• means for receiving a historical message derived from the message object to the client device,
• wherein the historical message comprises at least a portion of the prior messaging session.

An apparatus for receiving persistent messaging services from a distributed network, comprising:

• a transmitter and a receiver;
• a communication module for controlling the transmitter and the receiver for communicating over a communication network to a gateway that operably interacts with a shared memory space performing a persistent messaging service;
• and
• a user interface for initiating active communications with the persistent messaging service via the communication module to cause placement of a user data in the shared memory space for a user, and to cause locating of a message object stored in the shared memory space that matches the user data for a prior messaging session,
• wherein the user interface receives via the receiver and communication module a historical message derived from the message object to a client device, and
• wherein the historical message comprises at least a portion of the prior messaging session.