Facilitating negotiations between users of a computer...

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2007-05-08

2007-05-08

Lim, Krisna (Department: 2153)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

C709S227000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10281348

ABSTRACT:
Interactions between users of a computer network may be facilitated by transmitting a first user's proposal for a communications session to another user, the proposal comprising one or more parameters descriptive of the proposed communications session, receiving a response from the other user, the response comprising a counterproposal having one or more parameters descriptive of the proposed communications session, with at least one of the parameters of the counterproposal differing from a corresponding parameter of the proposal, and automatically engaging in the proposed communications session using the parameters included in the counterproposal upon acceptance of the counterproposal by the first user.

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