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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Curtis Duane Kronlund, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Scott Alan Moore, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory Allan Olson, Rochester, MN (US);
Curtis Duane Kronlund, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Scott Alan Moore, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory Allan Olson, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an instant message is received that includes data, a privacy indication, and an override indication. In an embodiment, if the privacy indication specifies that the data is non-private, then the data is presented. But, if the privacy indication specifies that the data is private, then a privacy notice is presented and the data is hidden until an acknowledgment of the privacy notice is received. The privacy notice may include a prompt for the acknowledgment. In an embodiment, if the privacy indication specifies that the data is private and the override indication allows the privacy indication to be overridden, the data is presented. In another embodiment, if the privacy indication specifies that the data is private, the override indication allows the privacy indication to be overridden, and a time period since a user interface device received input is less than a threshold amount of time, then the data is presented.