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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2008
Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami, Wilton, CT (US);
Danny Soroker, Larchmont, NY (US);
Young Sang Paik, Seoul, KR;
Herbert S. Mcfaddin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Francois Huaulme, Paris, FR;
Sean Lee, Tokyo, JP;
Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami, Wilton, CT (US);
Danny Soroker, Larchmont, NY (US);
Young Sang Paik, Seoul, KR;
Herbert S. McFaddin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Francois Huaulme, Paris, FR;
Sean Lee, Tokyo, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for advertising a business enterprise via an instant messaging (IM) environment comprising registering at least one business enterprise computing system application with an IM server and registering at least one subscriber with the IM server, wherein a subscriber logs on to the IM server via an IM client application that resides at a computing device. The method further comprises delivering subscriber characteristics comprising at least one of the geographic location of a subscriber's computing device, the subscribers preferences, and subscriber status to the IM server, wherein the IM server utilizes the subscriber characteristics to determine the business enterprises that are relevant to subscriber, and publishing the presence status of the determined business enterprises to the subscriber's computing device, wherein the presence status of a business enterprise is displayed to the subscriber within a contact list displayed at the computing device.