Message notification instant messaging
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichal Jacovi, Vladimir Soroka
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and systems for message notification in instant messaging are provided in which a message in an instant messaging session is received at a client application. The content of the received message is compared with a set of entries and the content is matched with an entry. Notification of a new message is displayed in a form representing the matched entry. Each entry may be associated with a category and the step of displaying notification represents the category of the matched entry. The entries may be any one of or a combination of words, phrases and/or symbols which commonly appear in messages such that a user can determine the category of a message content without focusing on the message.
Claims9
A method for message notification in instant messaging, said method comprising:
- receiving an instant message at a user terminal, said user terminal comprising a graphical user interface, a database, and an instant messaging module comprising a message parser;
- using the message parser for:
- parsing the instant message;
- comparing content of the received instant message with a set of entries in the database, wherein each entry is at least one of a word, a phrase, and a symbol, and wherein each entry is associated with a category and wherein each category is associated with a notification view;
- matching the content with an entry from the set of the entries in the database;
- and
- transferring the instant message and a corresponding category of the matching entry to the graphical user interface;
- and
- using the graphical user interface for displaying the notification view of the instant message in a form associated with the category of the matched entry.
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