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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Carl A. Braam, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

David M. Ogle, Cary, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/04 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01); H04M 15/00 (2013.01); H04M 15/57 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04M 2215/208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of monitoring instant messaging usage can include identifying an instant messaging session between a plurality of participants, selecting a participant in the instant messaging session, identifying at least one attribute of the instant messaging session, and identifying at least one attribute of the selected participant. The method further can include determining an instant messaging usage metric for the selected participant according to the at least one attribute of the instant messaging session and the at least one attribute of the selected participant and outputting the instant messaging usage metric of the selected participant.


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