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7620914 |
Clickable video hyperlink
A system that provides binds or associates a clickable hyperlink with an object that appears in a video stream. The hyperlink may be sent in a separate stream from the video stream, and user...
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7620902 |
Collaboration spaces
A computer implemented method and system enable users to create a social network providing access to other users. By providing access to such networks via a visual presentation, the system renders...
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7620901 |
Simultaneous input across multiple applications
One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be...
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7620684 |
Method and system for issuing information over a communications network
A method and a system for issuing information over a communications network, in particular over the Internet, wherein a central computer communicates with at least one user computer of a user for...
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7617457 |
System and method for collaborative call management
A system and method for collaborative call management are disclosed. In one embodiment of a method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a graphical user interface (GUI) element may be...
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7610352 |
Sharing skins
A system and method for sharing skins between a first user and a second user on a computerized network. A first skin selected by the first user is transferred to and displayed to the second user....
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7607096 |
System and method for a user interface directed to discovering and publishing presence information on a network
A system and method is provided for a user interface directed to publication and discovery of the presence of users on a network. A sidebar tile is provided that peripherally and unobtrusively...
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7606866 |
Messenger assistant for personal information management
A real-time communications device, a real-time communications system of networked distributed such devices and method and program product for operating such devices. The device includes a personal...
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7606862 |
Method and system for authorizing a restricted callable status in an instant messaging system
A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product are presented for managing availability status values in an instant messaging application. A user of the instant messaging...
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7603413 |
Using automated agents to facilitate chat communications
An automated agent, such as an instant message robot, is be used to facilitate introduction of a chat participant to a small group of other chat participants in a chat room. To do so, for example,...
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7600184 |
High density visualizations for threaded information
High-density computer display visualization formats provide improved visualization of large amounts of threaded information. These visualization formats are suitable for a wide variety of threaded...
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7596597 |
Recommending contacts in a social network
A method and system for recommending potential contacts to a target user is provided. A recommendation system identifies users who are related to the target user through no more than a maximum...
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7596596 |
Chat marking and synchronization
The invention is a demand-based messaging system that enables a user to mark any location in a message and share the mark with a second user. The invention comprises a messaging program operable on...
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7587215 |
User interface for cellular telephone group calls
In connection with a push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) function of a cellular telephone, the user interface of the cellular telephone presents certain information to the user of the cellular...
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7577711 |
Chat room communication network implementation enabling senders to restrict the display of messages to the chat room chronological displays of only designated recipients
A participant in an instant messaging chat room may send restricted messages to only a set of selected participants in the chat room. Enabling a user at a display station to select a set of only...
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7571213 |
Interactive electronic bubble messaging
Bubble messaging may include creating a bubble message and seamlessly sending the bubble message to one or more recipients. The bubble message may include message text and a bubble message shape...
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7565680 |
Advanced set top terminal having a video call feature
A set top terminal equipped with a camera and microphone includes the capability to send and receive video calls through a cable television delivery system or other communications networks. In...
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7555525 |
Temporary contact alias system
A system for providing temporary contact aliases is provided. A representative system includes a database system operable to store at least one resource list comprising a plurality of contacts...
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7552183 |
Apparatus for post delivery instant message redirection
An instant messaging (IM) server provides post delivery instant message redirection when a first device having a first media access control (MAC) address is logged onto the IM server and...
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7546536 |
Communication device, communication method, and computer usable medium
A letter string editing unit of a communication device receives an edit instruction for a letter string, and edits a letter string in accordance with the instruction. A decide input reception unit...
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7536657 |
Information equipment remote operating system
An information equipment remote operating system includes an operated-side information equipment and an operating-side information equipment. The operated-side information equipment includes a view...
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7533346 |
Interactive spatalized audiovisual system
An interactive spatialized audiovisual system links a plurality of remote used terminals. The system comprises a networked computer having an associated user database including user status...
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7529795 |
Message board aggregator
Web content representing a first message is displayed in a window of a computer program. The first message is one of a plurality of messages posted to an online forum. A plurality of message...
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7519661 |
Adjunct use of instant messenger software to enable communications to or between chatterbots or other software agents
A user's chatterbot participates in a chat session with other users and the other users' chatterbots. The originator of an incoming instant message is identified to such a degree that a buddy on a...
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7516411 |
Graphical user interface for a virtual team environment
A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE)...
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7516410 |
Method and system for supporting communications within a virtual team environment
A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE)...
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7516409 |
Virtual calling card system and method
A novel virtual calling card system and method aid in the formation of online relationships, serving as an introduction tool and as a contact mechanism. The calling card is an exchangeable entity...
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7512656 |
Voice chat system
An object of the present invention is to present a voice chat system suitable for networked games. The voice chat system of the present invention comprises a plurality of game apparatuses connected...
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7512655 |
System and method for managing information and collaborating
Disclosed is an information management and collaboration system and method for managing information flow in real time. A real time chat communication channel provides a link for users to interact...
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7512653 |
System and method for dynamically grouping messaging buddies in an electronic network
A system and method for dynamically grouping messaging buddies in an electronic network may include a user device that communicates with a server device in the electronic network for transmitting...
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7509579 |
Spatial point to cable distance calculator for high bandwidth metropolitan area networks
The present invention provides a system and method for calculating, maintaining, and displaying information regarding the relative distance from nodes associated with telecommunication cable to...
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7503007 |
Context enhanced messaging and collaboration system
A context enhanced messaging and collaboration system in which resources related to the context of text messages may be automatically identified and exchanged between users in association with the...
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7502831 |
System and method of sending and receiving categorized messages in instant messaging environment
An embodiment provides a flexible way to categorize instant messages (IM) or instant data by segmenting them. The default category would be viewable and/or readable as currently is with no change....
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7502825 |
Populating online forums
A forum for user interaction is provided. A clone of the forum is created, thereby allowing any number of users to be in the same forum while limiting the number of users in each instance of the...
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7500200 |
System and method for instant messenger busy gauge
A system and method that gathers activity level from users and provides a “busy gauge” to others that indicates the user's activity level. In one embodiment, the user's activity is computed...
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7499974 |
Instant message user management
Techniques are disclosed for improving management of user information in instant messaging systems. Expiration criteria are defined, whereby one or more users or user groups may be considered as...
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7493567 |
Method and system for pinning contacts and items
The present invention provides a method and system of pinning and displaying pinned items. Pinned items are displayed such that they are visually distinguishable and prioritized higher than related...
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7493373 |
Providing service distribution between distributed applications
A system is provided to facilitate distribution of a service between a first application and a second application. The system includes a remote socket object, a service registry, and a service...
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7487455 |
Techniques for simultaneously displaying a background page and an interactive content page in an application window
Techniques are provided for maintaining the visibility of a priority page in the background of a software application window while simultaneously displaying unrelated content from a content tab....
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7487220 |
Delivering instant messages to the intended user
One example of this invention is about ensuring all messages be delivered to the intended users in any Instant Messaging applications (Server/Client). In one embodiment, the solution requires...
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7484177 |
User interface and method for viewing short messages on a wireless device
A user interface and method for viewing short messages on a wireless device includes a viewing screen, a processor, a memory device and a message software interface module. The memory device stores...
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7484176 |
Reactive avatars
Avatars are used to graphically represent users in a communications session, and the avatars are capable of being animated. An indication of an animation of one of the avatars is received. Another...
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7484175 |
Method and apparatus for increasing personability of instant messaging with user images
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for handling instant messages. In response to receiving an instant message, a determination is made as to whether a picture of a sender of the instant...
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7478135 |
One-responder email feature
The present invention discloses a method for allowing an email request to be sent to a group of recipients which requires one person to accept the request or task. Obtaining notification of the...
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7478129 |
Method and apparatus for providing group interaction via communications networks
Improvements to a system for enhancing the quality of group interaction, group activities, and group environments over computer networks. New features include the capacity for participants to form...
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7472352 |
Method and system for automatic handling of invitations to join communications sessions in a virtual team environment
A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE)...
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7469384 |
Method and system for creating a virtual team environment
A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE)...
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7466988 |
Electronic system
The invention relates to an electronic system for implementing an optimized way to provide information from a first electronic device to a second portable electronic device, and to a method of...
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7464337 |
Multimedia communication method using virtual world interface in mobile personal computers
A method for communication of multimedia data using virtual world interface in a mobile personal computers is disclosed. The method comprises logging in to the server; displaying an initial menu...
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7458030 |
System and method for realtime messaging having image sharing feature
A system and related methods permit a group of two or more users to initiate a realtime message session online, and invite participants to transmit and share digital images and other media to a...
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