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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Thomas F. Bitonti, Cary, NC (US);
Wendell J. Bouknight, Jr., Clayton, NC (US);
Dana L. Price, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Mechanisms are provided to permit a first person (e.g., Tom) to be in a communication session (e.g., a chat session) with a second person (e.g., George) and to select a contact's name (e.g., Harry), and immediately set up another communication (e.g., a chat session) with the selected contact (e.g., Harry). Since there may be multiple contacts having the same name as the selected contact, e.g., 'Harry', mechanisms are provided to communicate with a desired person (e.g., 'Harry Smith' and not “Harry Jones”). The mechanisms may make such a determination based on “Harry Smith” being the more likely person that Tom, the first person, desires to communicate with (e.g., based on a context of Tom and/or Harry Smith).