Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer conferencing – Demand based messaging
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-20
2010-06-15
Follansbee, John (Department: 2451)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer conferencing
Demand based messaging
C715S751000, C379S260000, C379S202010, C379S201010
Reexamination Certificate
active
07739340
ABSTRACT:
A Meeting Attendee Instant Messaging (MAIM) utility is provided and embeds Instant Messaging (IM) functionality in a calendaring software. When a meeting request is sent out from the calendaring application, the request receives invitee responses, which automatically populates a Meeting Invitee Status Display (MISD). The MISD graphically illustrates which invitees have accepted the request to the meeting (i.e., attendees), and also provides an indication of a current IM status of each attendee to the meeting. The meeting facilitator may optionally select specific attendees or all attendees and initiate a one-to-one or group IM chat session with the selected attendees to begin a chat. The group IM session chat is initiated from within the MISD without providing the meeting facilitator with anything other than the e-mail addresses or e-mail IDs of the attendees.
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Arenburg Robert Thomas
Barillaud Franck
Cobb Bradford Lee
Dutta Shivanth
Daftuar Saket K
Dillon & Yudell LLP
Follansbee John
International Business Machines - Corporation
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