IP Library Granted Patent US 8,055,710
Granted Patent B2
US 8,055,710 · App. 12/237,034 · Granted Nov 8, 2011

System, method and computer program product for intelligent multi-person chat history injection

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Patent No.
US 8,055,710
App. No.
12/237,034
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product is provided for automatically searching and injecting a multi-person chat history into a chat session, and allowing users to inject a multi-person chat history into a new chat session. After comparing new chat session participants with chat history participants stored in a chat log within a predetermined temporal window to determine a number of similar participants after the new chat session is created, there is performed one of injecting the chat history into the new chat session automatically when the number of similar participants is at least as great as a first predetermined threshold; or prompting a user response to inject the chat history into the new chat session when the number of similar participants is at least as great as a second threshold, where the chat history is injected into the new chat session when the user affirmatively responds to the prompt.

Claims (33)

1. A method of managing chat history injection, comprising:

storing all communications amongst participants during a chat session in a chat log to create a chat history;

creating, subsequently, a new chat session;

comparing new chat session participants with chat history participants stored in the chat log within a predetermined temporal window to determine a number of similar participants after the new chat session is created; and

performing one of:

injecting the chat history into the new chat session automatically when the number of similar participants is at least as great as a first predetermined threshold; or

prompting a user response to inject the chat history into the new chat session when the number of similar participants is at least as great as a second threshold, where the chat history is injected into the new chat session when the user affirmatively responds to the prompt.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first predetermined threshold is equal to the number of participants in the chat history.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second threshold is greater than half the number of participants in the chat history.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user is the chat leader.

5. A computer program product for managing chat history injection, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method, said method comprising:

storing all communications amongst participants during a chat session in a chat log to create a chat history;

creating, subsequently, a new chat session;

comparing new chat session participants with chat history participants stored in the chat log within a predetermined temporal window to determine a number of similar participants after the new chat session is created; and

performing one of:

injecting the chat history into the new chat session automatically when the number of similar participants is at least as great as a first pre-determined threshold; or

prompting a user response to inject the chat history into the new chat session when the number of similar participants is at least as great as a prompted threshold, where the chat history is injected into the new chat session when the user affirmatively responds to the prompt.

6. A system for managing chat history injection, comprising:

a communications device for receiving and forwarding messages in a chat room between a chat sender application and a chat recipient application;

a memory storage device, storing all communications amongst participants during a chat session in a chat log;

a processor device, in communication with said memory device, configured to perform a method comprising:

subsequently creating a new chat session;

comparing new chat session participants with chat history participants stored in the chat log within a predetermined temporal window to determine a number of similar participants after the new chat session is created; and

performing one of:

injecting the chat history into the new chat session automatically when the number of similar participants is at least as great as a first pre-determined threshold; or

displaying a prompt for a user response on said communications device to inject the chat history into the new chat session when the number of similar participants is at least as great as a second threshold, where the chat history is injected into the chat session when the user affirmatively answers to the prompt.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: outputting new chat communications among participants in the new chat session.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said injecting or said prompting further comprises outputting new chat communications among participants in the new chat session.

9. The computer program product of claim 5 , further comprising: outputting new chat communications among participants in the new chat session.

10. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein said injecting or said prompting further comprises outputting new chat communications among participants in the new chat session.

11. The system of claim 6 , further comprising: displaying new chat communications among participants in the new chat session.

12. The system of claim 6 , wherein said injecting or said displaying further comprises displaying new chat communications among participants in the new chat session.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2024
From: DAEDALUS BLUE LLC
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2020
From: DAEDALUS GROUP, LLC
To: DAEDALUS BLUE LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2020
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: DAEDALUS GROUP, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2019
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: DAEDALUS GROUP LLC
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 021580 FRAME: 0890. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 21, 2019
From: SHOOK, AARON K.; IVORY, ANDREW; BURCKART, ERIK J.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2008
From: SHOOK, AARON K.; IVORY, ANDREW; BURCKART, ERIK J.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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