Persisting a group in an instant messaging application

Details Persisting a group in an instant messaging application Persisting a group in an instant messaging application

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Jean Gilles, Jude J (Department: 2443)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C709S203000, C709S223000, C709S207000, C709S228000, C709S227000, C715S759000, C715S733000, C715S758000, C370S352000, C370S431000, C705S064000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07865563

ABSTRACT:
A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a request to create a persistent messaging group for an instant messaging application, wherein the request includes an indication of one or more entities that are desired to be members of the persistent messaging group. The system further includes a group creator component that creates the persistent messaging group based at least in part upon the received group creation request, wherein the persistent messaging group is persisted over multiple instant messaging sessions.

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