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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2005
Lloyd W. Allen, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Steve R. Campbell, Lillington, NC (US);
Jana H. Jenkins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Tricia E. York, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lloyd W. Allen, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Steve R. Campbell, Lillington, NC (US);
Jana H. Jenkins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Tricia E. York, Raleigh, NC (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 real-time communications systems and provide a method, system and computer program product for automated partner list management in a real-time communications system. In one embodiment, a real-time communications data processing system can include a real-time communications server, a history log configured to record user interaction records for different users of the real-time communications server, a set of partner lists for the different users, and partner list management logic coupled to each of the real-time communications server and history log. The partner list management logic can include program code enabled to remove individual ones of the different users from a single one of the partner lists which individual ones of the different users meet at least one configurable criteria.