公开(公告)号：US20060026254A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-02

申请号：US10902596

申请日：2004-07-29

申请人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/04 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/24

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for sending a user's availability information to an instant messaging (IM) partner. A user predefines areas of the user's display and associates these predefined areas, or “hotspots”, with user defined messages. If the user is not available to immediately respond to an incoming message, the user may move the IM dialog window to a “hotspot” in the display. Depending upon the user-defined message associated with the “hotspot”, the IM application generates an automated response indicating the user's availability to respond to the message, and sends the message to the IM partner. The user also may predefine and associate the user's IM status with a “hotspot”. Moving an IM dialog window into a “hotspot” automatically changes the user's status based on the associated “hotspot”. This change is communicated to only the particular IM dialog window partner while other IM partners are unaffected.

公开(公告)号：US20130254710A1

公开(公告)日：2013-09-26

申请号：US13427299

申请日：2012-03-22

申请人： Edward Thomas Banti ,  Kartik S. Murthy ,  Elroy J. Dyksen ,  Jeffrey Sherman ,  Kristian Andaker ,  Selvaraj Nalliah ,  Bethany Kessen Doan

发明人： Edward Thomas Banti ,  Kartik S. Murthy ,  Elroy J. Dyksen ,  Jeffrey Sherman ,  Kristian Andaker ,  Selvaraj Nalliah ,  Bethany Kessen Doan

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481 ,  G06F2203/04803 ,  G06Q10/10

摘要： Stacks that associate different electronic content are created using tags that are associated with electronic content. Stacks may be personal, organizational and/or shared. A tag may be associated with different types of electronic content (e.g. documents, people, contacts, meetings, emails, . . . ) that may be stored in different locations. The tag acts as an identifier that travels with the content as the electronic content is used. Content may be automatically/manually tagged. As the tagged content is used, the different applications that interact with the content (e.g. a messaging application, a content application) can use the tag to perform different actions. Changes to content with a tag may be aggregated such that users looking at the “consolidated” view can see all changes made to content or activity related to that content.

摘要翻译： 使用与电子内容相关联的标签创建关联不同电子内容的堆栈。 堆叠可以是个人的，组织的和/或共享的。 标签可以与可以存储在不同位置的不同类型的电子内容（例如文档，人，联系人，会议，电子邮件等）相关联。 标签作为使用电子内容时与内容一起传播的标识符。 内容可能会自动/手动标记。 当使用标记的内容时，与内容交互的不同应用（例如，消息应用，内容应用）可以使用该标签来执行不同的动作。 对标签内容的更改可能会被聚合，以便查看“合并”视图的用户可以查看与该内容相关的内容或活动所做的所有更改。

公开(公告)号：US20070050488A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-01

申请号：US11217937

申请日：2005-09-01

申请人： Wilbert Joyner ,  Bethany Kessen ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Wilbert Joyner ,  Bethany Kessen ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06Q10/107

摘要： A system and method for controlling the flow of reply messages cooperative with a multi-party Instant Messaging or chat service including a multi-party IM/chat group primary message having a text portion, a primary author indication portion, a blind-copy recipient list, wherein the blind-copy recipient list contains a plurality of recipients for the primary message; a demultiplexer for converting the primary message into a plurality of reduced multi-party messages, wherein each of the reduced multi-party messages are addressed to a sub-group of the blind-copy recipient list; a message submitter for submitting the reduced multi-party messages to an IM/chat service; a multiplexer which receives a plurality of reduced multi-party reply messages from the IM/chat service; and a reply message generator for extracting reply message text from the received reduced-party reply messages, and for generating a unitary simulated multi-party reply message containing the extracted reply message text for display to the primary author.

摘要翻译： 用于控制与多方即时消息或聊天服务协作的回复消息流的系统和方法，包括具有文本部分的多方IM /聊天组主消息，主作者指示部分，盲复制收件人列表 其中所述盲复制接收者列表包含用于所述主消息的多个接收者; 解复用器，用于将主消息转换成多个简化的多方消息，其中每个减少的多方消息被寻址到盲复制接收者列表的子组; 用于将缩减的多方消息提交到IM /聊天服务的消息提交者; 多路复用器，其从IM /聊天服务接收多个减少的多方回复消息; 以及用于从接收到的减少方回复消息中提取回复消息文本的回复消息发生器，并且用于生成包含所提取的回复消息文本以供主要作者显示的单一模拟多方回复消息。

公开(公告)号：US20060026253A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-02

申请号：US10902593

申请日：2004-07-29

申请人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q10/107 ,  H04L51/04

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for predicting the availability of an instant messaging user in an instant messaging system and providing that information to a message sender. The present invention analyzes a user's collaborative data to determine the user's availability to respond to an instant message and monitors z-order movement of an instant messaging window on a user's screen to determine how much attention the user is paying to the instant messaging. The instant messaging application then uses the collaborative data and the z-order information to predict the availability of the user to respond to the instant message. This information is subsequently displayed to an instant messaging partner in the partner's instant messaging window.

摘要翻译： 一种用于预测即时消息收发系统中即时消息收发用户的可用性并将该信息提供给消息发送者的方法，装置和计算机指令。 本发明分析用户的协作数据以确定用户对即时消息的响应的可用性并且监视用户屏幕上的即时消息窗口的z次移动，以确定用户对即时消息收发的支付多少。 即时消息应用程序然后使用协作数据和z订单信息来预测用户对即时消息的响应的可用性。 该信息随后显示给合作伙伴的即时消息窗口中的即时消息传递合作伙伴。

公开(公告)号：US20130159429A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-20

申请号：US13330114

申请日：2011-12-19

申请人： Selvaraj Nalliah ,  Edward Thomas Banti ,  Bethany Kessen Doan

发明人： Selvaraj Nalliah ,  Edward Thomas Banti ,  Bethany Kessen Doan

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/22 ,  H04L51/14 ,  H04L51/16 ,  H04L51/24 ,  H04L51/34

摘要： Messaging content that is associated with a user is selected for sharing and transferring with one or more other recipients. A user may select all/portion of the messaging content to transfer. For example, a user may select a single folder from their mailbox, their entire mailbox, one or more conversation threads, one or more subjects, and the like. The selection may be made manually/automatically. For example, a user may use a graphical user interface to select messaging content to share and/or messaging content may be automatically selected based on a rule and/or some other condition. After selection, the selected messaging content is transferred to the other recipient(s) with which the user has selected for sharing/transferring. The recipient(s) of the selected messaging content may accept/decline the transfer of messaging content. Upon accepting the invitation, the messaging content is transferred and stored in the recipient's mailbox.

摘要翻译： 选择与用户相关联的消息传递内容以与一个或多个其他收件人共享和传送。 用户可以选择要传送的消息传递内容的全部/部分。 例如，用户可以从他们的邮箱，他们的整个邮箱，一个或多个会话线程，一个或多个主题等中选择单个文件夹。 可以手动/自动地进行选择。 例如，用户可以使用图形用户界面来选择要共享的消息传送内容，和/或可以基于规则和/或某些其他条件来自动选择消息传递内容。 选择之后，所选择的消息传递内容被传送到用户已经选择用于共享/传送的其他接收者。 所选择的消息传递内容的接收者可以接受/拒绝消息传递内容的传送。 接收邀请后，消息传递内容被传送并存储在收件人的邮箱中。

公开(公告)号：US20060085752A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-20

申请号：US10965174

申请日：2004-10-14

申请人： Gary Beadle ,  Bethany Kessen ,  Christopher Paul ,  Brian Eagle

发明人： Gary Beadle ,  Bethany Kessen ,  Christopher Paul ,  Brian Eagle

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/107

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing user lists. A group of instant messaging addresses used most frequently by a user of an instant messaging client on the communications device is identified. The identified group of instant messaging addresses is displayed visibly within a display in the communications device.

摘要翻译： 一种用于管理用户列表的方法，装置和计算机指令。 识别通信设备上的即时消息客户端的用户最频繁使用的一组即时消息地址。 所识别的即时消息地址组可视地显示在通信设备的显示器内。

公开(公告)号：US20060031322A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-09

申请号：US10875945

申请日：2004-06-24

申请人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

发明人： Bethany Kessen ,  Craig Lawton ,  Jonathan Lewis ,  Martin Moore ,  Jesse Overby ,  Christopher Peters ,  Lorin Ullmann

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04L51/04

摘要： A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for allowing areas of a display to be associated with particular instant messaging users. The present invention provides a menu option to allow a user to select whether to have instant messaging dialog windows open up in the same position as the current window, or alternatively, to have the dialog windows from a specific person open up in a specified location on the display. Thus, the instant messaging software may allow window positions to be associated and “saved” with particular users. A user may create roles or add individual people to a preferences list to allow for different instant messaging window preferences for each role or person. In this manner, a user may specify areas of the display in which an instant messaging dialog window may open according to the various roles.

摘要翻译： 一种用于允许显示器的区域与特定即时消息用户相关联的方法，装置和计算机指令。 本发明提供了一种菜单选项，以允许用户选择是否在与当前窗口相同的位置上打开即时消息对话窗口，或者替代地，使来自特定人的对话窗口在指定位置上打开 显示器。 因此，即时消息软件可以允许窗口位置与特定用户相关联并“保存”。 用户可以创建角色或将个人添加到偏好列表以允许针对每个角色或个人的不同的即时消息窗口偏好。 以这种方式，用户可以根据各种角色指定即时消息对话窗口可以在其中打开的显示区域。