Associating related threads in a question and answer session

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9959355
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14840522

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A computer detects a question from a participant and determines whether the question is marked to be directed to a particular participant. If marked, the question is directed towards the particular participant, otherwise the question is transmitted to all participants of the web conference. If the computer does not detect an answer to the question from a participant, the participants are reminded of the unanswered question. If the computer detects an answer from a participant, the computer determines whether the answer has been marked by the answering participant as related to another question and answer thread. The computer moves the question and answer to the related thread if marked as related, otherwise the question and answer are saved as a new thread. The entirety of the web conference threads are then saved by the computer in an organized database.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chitta, Anuradha D Bangalore, IN 10 39
Limaye, Soumitra Pune, IN 5 18
Rai, Ranjit S Pune, IN 10 39
Sharma, Priyanka Pune, IN 24 111

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