Group chat with dynamic background images and content from social media

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10154071
APP PUB NO 20170034226A1
SERIAL NO

14811963

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A method, executed by a computer, for displaying dynamic content in a group communication environment includes determining a topic of a communication session having multiple participants, searching repositories for content corresponding to the topic, determining the participants' identities, retrieving the content, and enabling the participants to view the content. In some embodiments, the content is an image containing a face of a participant, and a speech indicator is displayed at the face of each participant as they comment in the communication session. In some embodiments, the relationship between the topic and the content is predefined. The topic of the communication session may be determined using natural language processing techniques. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bostick, James E Cedar Park, US 553 3244
Ganci,, Jr John M Cary, US 556 2816
Rakshit, Sarbajit K Kolkata, IN 1755 5556
Starks, Kimberly G Nashville, US 59 280

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