Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Chris G Parker

David A Nichols

Christo Frank Devaraj

Brandon V Taylor

Ran Mokady

Nancy Yi Liang

Nishant Dani

Ramesh Krishna Vyaghrapuri

Stephen R Gordon

Ramesh Manne

Blair Harold Beebe

Jithendra K Veeramachaneni

Lan Tang

Per-Ola Anders Orvendal

Kitty L Leung

Ben D Garrison

Wendy L Lehman

Systems and methods to prevent or diminish message thread explosion are disclosed. Message data sent between members of a communal profile and/or between members of multiple communal profiles may be consolidated into a single message thread, which may be displayed on devices associated with the members associated with of the communal profile(s). Consolidation of the message data into a communal message thread may allow users to more intuitively view conversations between members of their communal profile and/or between members of their communal profile and other communal profiles without viewing individual message threads between members of the communal profile(s).

Message management for communal account

An approach is described for maintaining multiple presence objects associated with a single entity. The different presence objects correspond to different respective aspects of the entity's presence. Each presence object includes subscriber information and permission information associated therewith. The subscriber information identifies the subscribers that subscribe to receive notifications for a particular presence object. The permission information identifies the users who are entitled to receive notifications for the particular presence object. By virtue of the use of multiple objects, the entity can control access to its presence information with a high degree of granularity.

Providing access to presence information using multiple presence objects

Processes and techniques for reducing spam over instant messaging (SPIM) are described. In one implementation, the number of open instant messaging threads ('chat threads') that a specific user can have at a given time is limited to prevent a potential spimmer from flooding instant messaging users with SPIM. Another implementation combines the technique of limiting the number of open instant messaging threads with a user feedback technique that enables users to inform an instant messaging service or other entity about users that are sending SPIM or other undesirable content. Another implementation combines the technique of limiting the number of open instant messaging threads with a text analysis technique that enables an instant messaging service or other entity to analyze text generated by a user to determine if the user is sending SPIM or other undesirable content to other instant messaging users.

Reducing unsolicited instant messages by tracking communication threads

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Chris G Parker