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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Yen-fu Chen, Austin, TX (US);
John Hans Handy-bosma, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Mei Yang Selvage, Pocatello, ID (US);
Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, TX (US);
Yen-Fu Chen, Austin, TX (US);
John Hans Handy-Bosma, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Mei Yang Selvage, Pocatello, ID (US);
Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and media for playback of instant messaging session history in an instant messaging system by facilitating recording and playback of an instant messaging session history to a user are disclosed. Embodiments may include, during an instant messaging session where one or more instant messaging events occur, determining a timestamp associated with the one or more instant messaging events and recording an indication of the one or more instant messaging events and their associated timestamps. Embodiments may also include receiving one or more playback commands and, in response to the received playback commands, displaying playback of the one or more instant messaging events based on their associated timestamps. The instant messaging events may include one or more of a text message, file transfer, input device movement, or a status indication such as offline, returned from offline, away, returned from away, secure session established, session beginning or session ending.