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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2007
Doris L. Jones, Somerville, MA (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Corinne M. Ryan, Westford, MA (US);
Doris L. Jones, Somerville, MA (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Corinne M. Ryan, Westford, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for instant messenger subset management. In an embodiment of the invention, an instant messenger subset management method can be provided. The method can include selecting a set of names for different open chat sessions of an instant messenger, providing a single responsive posting to the selected set, and persisting the set for subsequent processing. Additionally, the method can include annotating the single responsive posting in a chat log to indicate the names in the selected set having received the single responsive posting.