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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2004
Paul F. Mcmahan, Apex, NC (US);
Robert C. Leah, Cary, NC (US);
Patrick R. Guido, Cary, NC (US);
Kent Fillmore Hayes, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Paul F. McMahan, Apex, NC (US);
Robert C. Leah, Cary, NC (US);
Patrick R. Guido, Cary, NC (US);
Kent Fillmore Hayes, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for managing interrupts in an instant messaging application may include receiving an interrupt request from an interrupting contact during an instant messaging conversation between at least two contacts. The method may also include interrupting the instant messaging conversation in response to a predetermined one of the interrupting contact having a selected interrupt priority ranking relative to an interrupt priority ranking of each of the at least two contacts or an interrupting conversation having a higher interrupt priority ranking compared to an interrupt priority ranking of the instant messaging conversation.