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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Kimberly A. Brantley, Durham, NC (US);
Ami H. Dewar, Durham, NC (US);
Robert C. Leah, Cary, NC (US);
John K. Muller, Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Kimberly A. Brantley, Durham, NC (US);
Ami H. Dewar, Durham, NC (US);
Robert C. Leah, Cary, NC (US);
John K. Muller, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for auto-generating threads on web forums are described. Comments are received on web content contained on a web page within a web site, where the web site further includes a web forum. The comments can be monitored to determine if a comment threshold is reached, and a web content thread can be auto-generated in the web forum when the comment threshold is reached.