Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Displaying context in group chats using member tagging
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Application No.: US15401187Application Date: 2017-01-09
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Publication No.: US11196835B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Hirokazu Nishimura , Munehiko Sato
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08 ; H04L12/58

Abstract:
Group chat communication can include receiving, using a processor, a first message in a group chat having members, wherein the first message is from a first member of the group chat and specifies a second member of the group chat, distributing, using the processor, the first message to the members of the group chat, and, in response to receiving the first message and using the processor, causing a group chat window of the second member to display a first callout. The group chat window of the second member is configured to display a plurality of chronologically ordered messages posted by the members of the group chat. The first callout identifies the first member and indicates a position of the first message within the plurality of chronologically ordered messages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180198887A1 DISPLAYING CONTEXT IN GROUP CHATS USING MEMBER TAGGING Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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