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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2016
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mingfeng Yang, Hefei, CN;

Yasi Xi, Hefei, CN;

Barry Jia, Hefei, CN;

David You, Hefei, CN;

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for following specific participants from among participants of a group conversation over a communications network is implemented on a computing device and includes: presenting participant posts from the participants of a group conversation in an application window, detecting at least one request to follow at least one of the specific participants as a followed participant, and presenting the participant posts associated with at least one followed participant in an application sub-window.


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