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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Simon Kurt Johnston, Siler City, NC (US);
Kevin Edward Kelly, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jan Joseph Kratky, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven Keith Speicher, Apex, NC (US);
Simon Kurt Johnston, Siler City, NC (US);
Kevin Edward Kelly, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jan Joseph Kratky, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven Keith Speicher, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention uses the message sequence chart (MSC) and various visual cues to provide an interactive visualization of threaded electronic conversations (e.g., in email, bulletin board, instant message, or social network) by presenting to users various information about a particular conversation or the conjunction of separate conversations, such as sequences of messages, conversation participants, time in transit, time send/received, and other message attributes.