ELECTRONIC INVITATIONS FOR AN ON-LINE GAME

Patent №

US 7,828,661

Granted

2010-11-09

Filed 2004

Owner

AMERICA ONLINE, INC.

Lab

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.

Knowledge representationA63F 13/795A63F 13/87G07F 17/3223G07F 17/3276A63F 2300/556A63F 2300/5566

AI classification

Knowledge representation0.57
AI hardware0.15
Evolutionary computation0.12
Natural language0.04
Planning0.03
Speech0.01
Machine learning0.00
Vision0.00

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.

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