摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for instant messenger based social introductions. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for instant messaging based social introductions can be provided. The method can include selecting contacts from a buddy list of an instant messenger, retrieving attributes for each of the selected contacts, and generating introduction text for each of the selected contacts. Specifically, the introduction text can introduce a particular one of the selected contacts and can incorporate attributes for the particular one of the contacts. Finally, the method can include instant messaging the introduction text for each of the selected contacts to another of the selected contacts.
摘要:
A method for electronic mail (email) distribution and collaboration, the method includes: composing an email message; designating one or more recipients for the email message; assigning a status to each of the one or more recipients; specifying an order of delivery of the email message to the one or more recipients; specifying a required response time period to the email message by the one or more recipients; and specifying a priority order of responses to the email message by the one or more recipients.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and persistent chats and provide a method, system and computer program product for controlling active and passive participation among participants in a thread of conversation in an instant messaging session or persistent chat. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling active and passive participation among participants in a thread of conversation can be provided. The method can include creating a thread of conversation in a messaging system, adding participants to the thread, classifying the participants as one of either active or passive, and permitting only those participants classified as active participants to post to the thread while providing merely a view of the thread to the passive participants.
摘要:
A method for distributing information to an invitee of an instant messaging (IM) meeting prior to acceptance of the meeting. The method includes initiating an instant message (IM) meeting via a moderator. The next step includes sending an invitation to an invitee to join the meeting. The invitation includes the following forms of information chosen to be displayed by the moderator, (i) the participants' names, (ii) the length of time of the chat, (iii) the chat history, and (iiii) whether the meeting is in lock-down mode. The method concludes with displaying a menu having check boxes to the invitee. The check boxes allow the invitee to request additional information about the IM meeting.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to collaborative computing and provide a method, system and computer program product for deriving and communicating attention spans in a collaborative computing environment. In an embodiment of the invention, an attention span management method can be provided for a collaborative computing environment. The method can include monitoring computer activity for a collaborator to a collaboration, computing an attention span based upon the monitored computing activity, and generating an alert in the collaboration if the attention span crosses a threshold boundary indicating an unacceptable level of distraction for the collaboration.
摘要:
A user interface (UI), which reflects exchanges in the past and the future between a user and entities. The UI includes a background having a user defined granularity, a plurality of dots, which each represent at least one collaborative exchange of a user and which are each arranged on the background, a graphic connection between any two or more dots which each represent exchanges between the user and similar entities, a first graphic which includes first level information, and a second graphic which includes second level information. For any set of one or more dots which each represent exchanges between the user and similar entities, the dot closest to or within the central area includes a graphical identifier that indicates whether the entity is currently available for a new exchange.
摘要:
A system and method, where messages which are exchanged in email, provide recipients (and originators) with the capability to confirm authenticity. A substring of a message is examined, is validated and, if any modifications have been made, the modifications are highlighted to the originator and the receivers so that the originator and the receivers know that the original message has been modified. Also, the system and method of the present invention preserve the time, date and identity of the maker of the modifications.
摘要:
Systems and methods for caching calendar schedules for offline scheduling services. Exemplary embodiments include managing electronic calendar schedules, including caching information related to a group of users while connected to a network, defining a relationship with the group of users, selectively implementing a cache refresh rate for the cached information, using the cached information to schedule a proposed meeting while disconnected from the network, checking for conflicts between the proposed meeting and the schedules of the group of users while connected to the network, refreshing the cached information in response to conflicts and scheduling a revised meeting based on the refreshed cached information.
摘要:
A system and method for preempting a user's activity state in instant messaging (IM). The system includes a server node configured to administer an IM application. At least one client node is operably associated via a network to the server node. The at least one client node is configured to receive and transmit instant messages via the IM application. The client node permits a user to do at least one of, (i) enable a user about to go offline alert signal or (ii) disable a previously set user about to go offline alert signal.
摘要:
A method, system and computer program product for providing accurate recipients lists. Keywords (e.g., processor, monitor) in a document (e.g., electronic mail message) are identified. These keywords are tagged, where tagging refers to an index term assigned to a piece of information, such as these keywords. A list of recipients may be provided to be correlated with these tagged keywords. The list of recipients is associated with these tagged keywords thereby providing a predefined recipient list to be used when a subsequent document with these tagged keywords is identified. Furthermore, the user is provided an option to modify this recipient list when a subsequent document containing the tagged keywords associated with the recipient list is identified thereby ensuring an accurate recipient list is used.