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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
Brian Heikes, Ashburn, VA (US);
James A. Odell, Potomac Falls, VA (US);
Justin Uberti, Sterling, VA (US);
Andrew L. Wick, McLean, VA (US);
Xiaoyan Yin, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Xiaopeng Zhang, Oak Hill, VA (US);
Brian Heikes, Ashburn, VA (US);
James A. Odell, Potomac Falls, VA (US);
Justin Uberti, Sterling, VA (US);
Andrew L. Wick, McLean, VA (US);
Xiaoyan Yin, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Xiaopeng Zhang, Oak Hill, VA (US);
AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
Perception of a personalization item in an instant messaging communications session may be enabled by perceiving an identifier corresponding to an intended instant message recipient designated by an instant message sender system, accessing personalization items corresponding to the perceived identifier, and making perceivable the personalization items corresponding to the received identifier to the instant messaging sender system for rendering in an instant messaging application running on the instant messaging sender system, where the personalization items are made perceivable prior to communication with the intended instant message recipient.