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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2008
Charles Steven Lingafelt, Durham, NC (US);
David Paul Merrill, New Paltz, NY (US);
John Elbert Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);
Charles Steven Lingafelt, Durham, NC (US);
David Paul Merrill, New Paltz, NY (US);
John Elbert Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for improving control of an instant messaging system. Multiple instant message (IM) instances are initiated with identical credentials of a user of multiple users participating in an IM session controlled by an IM server. A front-of-screen representation enables the user to manage instance attributes and allows any user to view conversational connectivity information. The IM server receives the user's selection of a graphical element that represents a remote IM instance of the multiple IM instances. Via the first IM instance, the IM server receives the user's request for a computing device to perform an action that includes an interaction with the remote IM instance. The computing device performing the action is located remotely from the user and is executing the remote IM instance. The action is performed by controlling a remote system function of the computing device.