Instant messenger subset management

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8140636
APP PUB NO 20090172104A1
SERIAL NO

11964395

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Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for instant messenger subset management. In an embodiment of the invention, an instant messenger subset management method can be provided. The method can include selecting a set of names for different open chat sessions of an instant messenger, providing a single responsive posting to the selected set, and persisting the set for subsequent processing. Additionally, the method can include annotating the single responsive posting in a chat log to indicate the names in the selected set having received the single responsive posting.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jones, Doris L Somerville, US 12 316
Lyle, Ruthie D Durham, US 269 4360
Ryan, Corinne M Westford, US 25 433

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