Patent №
US 7,828,661
Granted
2010-11-09
Filed 2004
Owner
AMERICA ONLINE, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
kr
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11016879
An instant messaging user may use a buddy list that includes a user-selected list of potential instant messaging recipients (“buddies”) to identify another instant messaging user with whom instant messages are to be exchanged. An instant messaging user also may use a buddy list for other purposes, such as to initiate playing of an on-line game or to invite participants to play an on-line game.
AI classification
Ownership
AMERICA ONLINE, INC.
assignment · 159630404
Assignors
FISH, EDMUND J., EICHLER, ALLEN J., HEROLD, JUNE R.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.