EXTENDING FUNCTIONALITY OF INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) SYSTEMS

Patent №

US 8,028,023

Granted

2011-09-27

Filed 2003

Owner

BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION

Lab

AI components

3

kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10408514

Plug-ins for instant messaging (IM) systems are described. By using plug-ins in conjunction with IM systems, the functionality of IM systems may be greatly extended. Specifically, in business applications, such as workflow processes, IM provides a more reliable approach to determining actual delivery of messages.

Knowledge representationPlanningAI hardwareH04L 51/18G06Q 10/107H04L 51/04H04L 63/0428H04L 63/0457H04L 51/066H04L 51/56

AI classification

Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.96
AI hardware0.86
Natural language0.15
Machine learning0.11
Vision0.01
Speech0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION

assignment · 141900442

Assignors

DAIGLE, BRIAN K., DANIELL, W. TODD, DAVIS, JOEL (HASSAN), KENT, LARRY G., JR., FRIEDMAN, LEE G.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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