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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Mehdi Maghsoodnia, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lewis D Roth, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Frank Mangin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yuri Khodosh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rahul Abhyankar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alex Sherstinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Petviashvili, Foster City, CA (US);
Eugene Mandel, Burlingame, CA (US);
John Onusko, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mehdi Maghsoodnia, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lewis D Roth, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Frank Mangin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yuri Khodosh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rahul Abhyankar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alex Sherstinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Petviashvili, Foster City, CA (US);
Eugene Mandel, Burlingame, CA (US);
John Onusko, San Francisco, CA (US);
FaceTime Communications, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for managing instant message (IM) communications are provided. Instant message communications of a plurality of network implementations is managed using an instant message module that uses one or more policies. A policy in the one or more policies includes an action applicable for an IM communication. The techniques comprise receiving an instant message communication at the instant message module. The IM communication may be in a network implementation of one of the plurality of network implementations. Then, a policy is determined from the one or more policies that is applicable for the instant message communication. An action associated with the policy for the instant message communication is then performed.