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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
May. 16, 2006
Brian D. Goodman, Norwalk, CT (US);
Frank Lawrence Jania, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Darren Mark Shaw, Fareham, GB;
Brian D. Goodman, Norwalk, CT (US);
Frank Lawrence Jania, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Darren Mark Shaw, Fareham, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A context enhanced messaging and collaboration system in which resources related to the context of text messages may be automatically identified and exchanged between users in association with the text messages, is provided. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided for instant messaging between client devices. The GUI operates in conjunction with a context analysis engine that automatically analyzes the context of the textual messages being exchanged between the users and retrieves resources that correspond to the detected context. Representations of these automatically identified resources may be presented to the user via the GUI. The user of the GUI may enter text messages into the GUI and may select individual ones of the retrieved resources for transmission in association with the text messages. Furthermore, an automated mechanism may be used to select resources to attach to individual text messages entered by the user.