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Patent No.:

US 11196835 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Hirokazu Nishimura, Yokohama, JP;

Munehiko Sato, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/16 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

Group chat communication can include receiving, using a processor, a first message in a group chat having members, wherein the first message is from a first member of the group chat and specifies a second member of the group chat, distributing, using the processor, the first message to the members of the group chat, and, in response to receiving the first message and using the processor, causing a group chat window of the second member to display a first callout. The group chat window of the second member is configured to display a plurality of chronologically ordered messages posted by the members of the group chat. The first callout identifies the first member and indicates a position of the first message within the plurality of chronologically ordered messages.


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