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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2006
Akram A. Bou-ghannam, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Brent L. Davis, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Peeyush Jaiswal, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Fang Wang, Plano, TX (US);
Akram A. Bou-Ghannam, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Brent L. Davis, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Peeyush Jaiswal, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Fang Wang, Plano, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a chat tool including a chat window configured to permit a user to simultaneously receive chat messages for two or more different chat sessions, thereby permitting side discussions within a secondary chat session. Each of the different chat sessions can correspond to a session specific chat channel. Different chat sessions can include private and public sessions. The participants of a private chat session can be participants of the public chat session and/or can be able to view discussions occurring in the public chat session. Further, members of the public chat session can be unaware of the existence of the private chat session. Any number of private chat sessions can be spawned from a public chat session using an invitation option, which automatically establishes new private sessions for invited individuals.