Broadcasting in chat system without topic-specific rooms

Details Broadcasting in chat system without topic-specific rooms Broadcasting in chat system without topic-specific rooms

2011-03-01

2011-03-01

Follansbee, John (Department: 2451)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

Reexamination Certificate

active

07899869

ABSTRACT:
A method, system and graphical user interface for a chat system is disclosed. One aspect of certain embodiments includes broadcasting popular messages to users that have not previously received the popular messages and including with the popular messages one or more qualitative signals based on user feedback.

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