Aol Inc.

Facebook, Inc.

Kristine Amber Krantz

Brian Heikes

Andrew Lee Wick

Deborah Ruth Yurow

Venkatesh Ramanathan

Richard W Robinson, Jr

Edward L Sears

Russell Scott Medeiros

Perry E Miranda Roman

Kelly Monroe Mathews

Peiliang Pan

Daniel Ernest Smith

Andrew S Weaver

Julie Mills

Eric Jeffrey Wolf

Julie McCool

Kelly Matthews

Perry E Roman

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

A system and method allows a user to view communications exchanged between other participants within an online chat room without the user becoming a participant within the online chat room. The online chat room enables ongoing exchanges of electronic communications between two or more participants whose participation within the chat room are mutually revealed to each other. A user is enabled to perceive the existence of the online chat room without the user becoming a participant within the online chat room. Selection of the online chat room by the user is received. Responsive to user selection of the online chat room and without the user becoming a participant within the online chat room, at least some of the communications exchanged between the participants within the online chat room are made perceivable to the user as the communications are exchanged.

Systems and methods for previewing communications sessions

Chat room viewing

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

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

Methods and systems for capturing and managing instant messages

Chat preview

The same user is able to project different personalities while visiting different chat rooms. The personalities are tailored to the chat room being visited. Different personalization items (e.g., an icon or avatar, wallpaper, sounds, a smiley set, and text style) are provided based upon the chat room that the user is visiting. The personalization items may be customized based upon the identity of the chat room (such as a particular chat room, the type of chat room, or the content of the chat room). The personalization items may be host based and may leverage instant messaging ('IM') personalization items. The personalization items may be user selected or user provided.

Multiple personalities in chat communications

Method and system for capturing instant messages

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Kristine Amber Krantz