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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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)...
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...
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...
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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