Aol Inc.

Facebook, Inc.

America Online, Inc.

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Oath Inc.

Andrew Lee Wick

James A Odell

Barry Appelman

Alan Keister

Brian Heikes

Xiaoyan Yin

Barbara McNally

Keith Charles Hullfish

Raine Bergstrom

Deborah Ruth Yurow

Xiaopeng Zhang

Robert G Watkins

Kristine Amber Krantz

Venkatesh Ramanathan

Edward L Sears

Richard W Robinson, Jr

Russell Scott Medeiros

Justin Russell Uberti

Perry E Miranda Roman

Kelly Monroe Mathews

Russell Richards

Christopher Newell Toomey

Aleksey Sanin

Donald Eaves

June R Herold

Eric Bosco

Jeremy Rephlo

Christina Ann Wick

Kelly Matthews

Neil Wayne Cohen

Shawn Michael Edwards Carnell

Steven Grayson Chipman

Heather Allison Schlegel

Chris Chih-Shen Chung

Michael Robert Enloe

Pei-Lin Wu

Alexis Inch

David Cox

Gregory Cypes

David McCormick

Gregory Brian Cypes

Perry E Roman

Rizwan Abdus Sattar

Justin Scott Cohen

Amy Craig Joannou

A method for determining a popularity of a user includes identifying an online identity for which a popularity measurement is to be determined, and identifying one or more other online identities based, at least in part, on their being within a specified number of degrees of separation of the online identity. Popularity measurements for the other users are accessed and aggregated, and a popularity measurement for the user is determined based on at least the aggregated popularity measurements for the other online identities. A graphical user interface includes a first identifier specification mechanism that enables specification of an identifier of a first online identity, and a second identifier specification mechanism that enables specification of an identifier of a second online identity. The graphical user interface includes a display of an indication of whether a popularity of the first online identity exceeds a popularity of the second online identity.

Systems and methods for determining the popularity of a user based on aggregated popularity measurements of other users

A graphical user interface on a display device of a computer enables communications using a computer service. The graphical user interface includes a list of potential message recipients selected by a user as significant to the user. The graphical user interface also includes a mobile device identifier associated with one or more of the listed potential message recipients and a user account identifier associated with one or more of the listed potential message recipients. At least one of the listed potential recipients includes a mobile device identifier as the only available conduit for data delivery to the potential message recipient using the computer service.

Managing electronic messages sent to mobile devices associated with electronic messaging accounts

Managing instant messages may include receiving instant messages created by or on behalf of one or more message sources for delivery to an intended recipient. From among the received instant messages, qualifying instant messages may be identified that satisfy a capture rule, and two or more of the qualifying instant messages may be captured. The intended recipient may be informed of the captured instant messages unobtrusively, and also may be enabled to manage the captured instant messages.

Methods for controlling display of electronic messages captured based on community rankings

Managing electronic messages sent to reply telephone numbers

Electronic messaging using reply telephone numbers

A method for determining a popularity of an online identity includes identifying an online identity for which a popularity measurement is to be determined, and identifying one or more other online identities based, at least in part, on their being within a specified number of degrees of separation of the online identity. Popularity measurements for the other online identities are accessed and aggregated, and a popularity measurement for the online identity is determined based on at least the aggregated popularity measurements for the other online identities. A computer readable medium includes instructions for generating a graphical user interface for enabling a determination a more popular online identity of two online identities. The graphical user interface includes a first identifier specification mechanism that enables specification of an identifier of a first online identity, and a second identifier specification mechanism that enables specification of an identifier of a second online identity. The graphical user interface includes a display of an indication of whether a popularity of the first online identity exceeds a popularity of the second online identity.

Popularity index

A computer program or method provides away messages from a first user to other users of a communications system, where the first user has grouped the other users into two or more groups. An interface is provided to the first user that displays representations of the other users in a manner that identifies how the first user has grouped the other users into the groups. The first user is able to select a selected group from the groups using the interface. The first user also is able to set a group away message for the selected group using the interface. The group away message is sent to a second user that has been grouped in the selected group when the second user attempts to communicate with the first user using the communications system and the first user is offline.

Offline away messages

Systems and methods are provided for location tracking and filtering or hiding electronic communications. In one implementation, a method is provided for location tracking for electronic communications. The method includes receiving a location ID for a location from a user who desires to follow the location within a social networking environment, and associating the location ID with the user. The method also includes providing instructions to display a representation of the location in a list of the user's contacts.

Systems and methods for location tracking in a social network

Leveraging an established authenticated session in obtaining authentication to a client application includes receiving a request for access to a client application requiring authentication of a requestor and determining whether there exist characteristics of leverageable authentications corresponding to established sessions having an authenticated state at a time of the determination. When the determination reveals characteristics of at least one leverageable authentication corresponding to an established session, and attempt is made to obtain access for the requestor to the client application based on the at least one leverageable authentication, and the requestor is provided with a notification related to the 1 attempt to obtain access for the requestor to the client application.

Implementing single sign-on across a heterogeneous collection of client/server and web-based applications

Enhanced buddy list using mobile device identifiers

Message delivery control settings

Methods for capturing electronic messages based on capture rules relating to user actions regarding received electronic messages

Communicating between electronic devices involves sending messages between the electronic devices. An original message having an original source indicator and an intended destination indicator identified is sent. A reply to that original message is sent by the recipient of the original message. The reply message has a reply source indicator and a reply destination indicator. A communication based on the reply message is sent. The communication based on the reply message has a reply source indicator that is the same as the intended destination indicator identified by the sender of the original message. In one example, a message is sent from computer operating an instant messaging program and forwarded to a mobile telephone. The reply sent from the mobile telephone is provided to the sender of the original message without revealing the telephone number of the mobile telephone to which the original instant message was forwarded.

Managing forwarded electronic messages

Methods for capturing electronic messages based on capture rules relating to online contexts of users

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