Determining anonymously identified users in message content
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPiyush Agarwal, James J. Antill, Vincent Burckhardt, Bernadette A. Carter
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A computer detects an entry of content by a first user in a collaboration application and determines the entry of content contains an identification of a second user, the identification indicating the entry of content and the identification are to be visible only to the first user and the second user. Responsive to determining the entry of content contains the identification of a second user, the computer copies the entry of content. The computer then sends the copied entry of content to the second user in the collaboration application.
Claims20
A method for determining anonymously identified users in an entry of content, the method comprising:
- detecting, by one or more computer processors, an entry of content by a first user in a collaboration application;
- determining, by one or more computer processors, the entry of content contains an identification of a second user, the identification indicating the entry of content and the identification are to be visible only to the first user and the second user;
- responsive to determining the entry of content contains the identification of a second user, copying, by one or more computer processors, the entry of content;
- and
- sending, by one or more computer processors, the copied entry of content to the second user in the collaboration application.
A computer program product for determining anonymously identified users in an entry of content, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to detect an entry of content by a first user in a collaboration application;
- program instructions to determine the entry of content contains an identification of a second user, the identification indicating the entry of content and the identification are to be visible only to the first user and the second user;
- responsive to determining the entry of content contains the identification of a second user, program instructions to copy the entry of content;
- and
- program instructions to send the copied entry of content to the second user in the collaboration application.
A computer system for determining anonymously identified users in an entry of content, the computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer readable storage media;
- program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to detect an entry of content by a first user in a collaboration application;
- program instructions to determine the entry of content contains an identification of a second user, the identification indicating the entry of content and the identification are to be visible only to the first user and the second user;
- responsive to determining the entry of content contains the identification of a second user, program instructions to copy the entry of content;
- and
- program instructions to send the copied entry of content to the second user in the collaboration application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.