Merging Instant Messaging (IM) Chat Sessions

Patent №

US 9,503,281

Granted

2016-11-22

Filed 2015

Owner

BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION

+4 more

Lab

AI components

1

nlp

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14816495

The present disclosure provides for merging of instant messaging (IM) chat sessions. In one embodiment, a method for automatically replying to an IM message from a first IM sender when a recipient is engaged in an IM session with a second IM sender is provided. In another embodiment, the disclosure provides a method for forwarding IM messages to a recipient at different IM clients. In still another embodiment, a method for transferring IM messages to a different recipient is provided. In some embodiments, two separate IM chat sessions are merged into a single IM chat session.

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AI classification

Natural language0.99
Knowledge representation0.09
Speech0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00
Planning0.00
AI hardware0.00
Vision0.00
Machine learning0.00

Ownership

BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION

assignment · 362380516

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

assignment · 400620497

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.

namechg · 404190151

AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.

namechg · 404190155

AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.

namechg · 404190169

Assignors

MALIK, DALE W.

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

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