System and method for application specific chat room access
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1. A method for implementing a software application via a user computer so as to provide for help communications, the method comprising:
- beginning execution of the software application on the user computer;
initiating, at the user computer, communication via a chat room process through a communication network.
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Abstract
The present invention, in one embodiment, comprises an application with a specific chat room access module associated with the application. When the user launches the application for the first time, the application is loaded in the normal fashion known in the art. When the chat room is reached, a window is opened on the user'"'"'s application screen. Thus, when the user begins using the application program the chat room is automatically up and running so that the user can post questions to other users and to the application provider staff and have those questions answered in near real time.
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1. A method for implementing a software application via a user computer so as to provide for help communications, the method comprising:
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beginning execution of the software application on the user computer;
initiating, at the user computer, communication via a chat room process through a communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for operating a software application while accessing a chat room over a network in an automatic fashion upon the launch of the software application, the system comprising:
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a host computer operating a chat room; and
a user computer on which the software application is launched, the user computer being electronically connected to the host computer via the network, wherein the software application launched on the user computer includes a chat room module which automatically initiates a connection to the chat room operated by the host computer when the software application is launched. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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