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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:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Liam J. Cleaver, Alexandria, VA (US);
Kristine A. Lawas, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Richard E. Nesbitt, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Brian M. O'connell, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Kevin E. Vaughan, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Liam J. Cleaver, Alexandria, VA (US);
Kristine A. Lawas, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Richard E. Nesbitt, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Brian M. O'Connell, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Kevin E. Vaughan, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An approach for augmenting a real-time collaboration is presented. Content of a real-time collaboration is received. A key word which is included in the content or a theme of the content is determined. A match between the key word or theme of the real-time collaboration content and a theme of post(s) in a threaded discussion forum is determined. Based on the match, a display, on a monitor used for the real-time collaboration, of link(s) to the post(s) is initiated.