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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2007
Applicants:

Susann Marie Keohane, Austin, TX (US);

Gerald Francis Mcbrearty, Austin, TX (US);

Shawn Patrick Mullen, Buda, TX (US);

Jessica Carol Murillo, Round Rock, TX (US);

Johnny Meng-han Shieh, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Susann Marie Keohane, Austin, TX (US);

Gerald Francis McBrearty, Austin, TX (US);

Shawn Patrick Mullen, Buda, TX (US);

Jessica Carol Murillo, Round Rock, TX (US);

Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 12/581 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, method, and program product is provided that selects an instant messaging message that includes one or more words in a text area. The instant message is a communication with an instant messaging participant that corresponds to an instant messaging participant identifier. A count is kept of the words that match keywords that are associated with a selected instant messaging group data store that is stored in a nonvolatile data area. If the count exceeds a particular threshold, the instant messaging participant identifier is added to the selected instant messaging group.


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