Patent №
US 8,166,408
Granted
2012-04-24
Filed 2009
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
4
nlp · kr · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12348363
A mechanism is provided for defining and managing virtual discussion threads in a generic synchronous conferencing system. A chat server and chat client define a virtual discussion thread (VDT) entity that includes a group of chat entries or parts of chat entries. The chat entries in a VDT logically belong to the same “hidden” discussion within a chat session. Use of the VDT enables a chat system to support a user in understanding existing discussions by showing VDTs available in the overall list of chat entries and evidencing the chat entries in a VDT.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 221130926
Assignors
CASTELLUCCI, ANTONIO
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.