System and method for context-specific instant messaging

A program product stored in a computer readable medium that store computer instructions that, when executed by an information handling system, cases the information handling system to perform actions comprising:

• displaying, on a video display device, a page of data that includes a plurality of regions;
• receiving a user action corresponding to the page of data;
• identifying the region from the plurality of regions where the user action was performed;
• determining that the identified region is time sensitive;
• retrieving a current time:
• selecting the one or more context-specific phrases based upon the retrieved current time;
• retrieving, from computer readable storage, one or more context-specific phrases that correspond to the identified region and that are based upon the retrieved current time;
• displaying, on the video display device, the retrieved context-specific phrases;
• receiving a phrase selection that corresponds to one of the context-specific phrases;
• initiating a context-specific message session based upon one or more of the context-specific phrases;
• including the context-specific phrase that corresponds to the phrase selection in a context-specific message;
• and
• sending the context-specific message to a recipient over a computer network.

An information handling system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a video display device;
• a memory accessible by the processors;
• one or more nonvolatile storage devices accessible by the processors;
• and
• a message generation tool for generating context-sensitive message sessions, the message generation tool being effective to:
• display, on the video display device, a page of data that includes a plurality of regions;
• receive a user action corresponding to the page of data;
• identify the region from the plurality of regions where the user action was performed;
• determine that the identified region is time sensitive;
• retrieve a current time;
• select the one or more context-specific phrases based upon the retrieved current time;
• retrieve, from one of the non-volatile storage devices, one or more context-specific phrases that correspond to the identified region and that are based upon the retrieved current time;
• initiate a context-specific message session based upon one or more of the context-specific phrases;
• include the context-specific phrase that corresponds to the phrase selection in a context-specific message;
• and
• send the context-specific message to a recipient over a computer network.