INITIATING INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) CHAT SESSIONS FROM EMAIL MESSAGES

Patent №

US 8,458,274

Granted

2013-06-04

Filed 2012

Owner

BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION

+2 more

Lab

AI components

3

nlp · speech · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13529118

Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment, email messages and IM chat session transcripts are threaded to each other so that an email thread history may be traced back to an IM chat session transcript and, conversely, an IM thread history may be traced back to an email message.

Natural languageSpeechPlanningG06Q 10/107H04L 12/1818H04L 51/04H04L 51/48H04L 63/102H04L 12/1831H04L 51/043H04L 51/066+1 more

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Planning0.99
Speech0.80
AI hardware0.05
Knowledge representation0.02
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION

assignment · 284180448

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

assignment · 293140628

AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.

namechg · 293140649

Assignors

DANIELL, W. TODD, MALIK, DALE W.

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

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