Method and system for sensing and communicating the recent social networking activities of a remote user
First Claim
1. A method for providing a local user with the identities of users with whom a remote user has been communicating, comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of user representations, each of said plurality of user representations corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of users with whom said selected remote user recently communicated; and
presenting said plurality of user representations in a computer system display, wherein all of said plurality of user representations are presented simultaneously in said computer system display, and wherein said plurality of user representations are presented in an order corresponding to an order in which said remote user communicated with each of said users.
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Abstract
A system for providing a local user with the identities of users with which a remote user has been communicating. In response to selection of a remote user by the local user, a display is provided of persons with whom that remote user has been communicating. Any specific communication mode of the remote user may be monitored, including instant messing, electronic mail, IP (Internet Protocol) phone, electronic meeting (“emeetings”), etc. The users with which the remote user has been communicating may be presented in various ways, such as lists of names, rows of pictures, etc. Indication of the type of, direction of, and/or initiator of the communications between the displayed users and the selected remote user may also be presented in a variety of ways, such as through modified picture formats, and/or additional visual or textual information presented in association with each person in the list.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for providing a local user with the identities of users with whom a remote user has been communicating, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of user representations, each of said plurality of user representations corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of users with whom said selected remote user recently communicated; and
presenting said plurality of user representations in a computer system display, wherein all of said plurality of user representations are presented simultaneously in said computer system display, and wherein said plurality of user representations are presented in an order corresponding to an order in which said remote user communicated with each of said users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing a local user with the identities of users with whom a remote user has been communicating, comprising:
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means for obtaining a plurality of user representations, each of said plurality of user representations corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of users with whom said selected remote user recently communicated; and
means for presenting said plurality of user representations in a computer system display, wherein all of said plurality of user representations are presented simultaneously in said computer system display, and wherein said plurality of user representations are presented in an order corresponding to an order in which said remote user communicated with each of said users. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product, wherein said computer program product includes a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium having a computer program for providing a local user with the identities of users with whom a remote user has been communicating stored thereon, said computer program comprising:
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program code for obtaining a plurality of user representations, each of said plurality of user representations corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of users with whom said selected remote user recently communicated; and
program code for presenting said plurality of user representations in a computer system display, wherein all of said plurality of user representations are presented simultaneously in said computer system display, and wherein said plurality of user representations are presented in an order corresponding to an order in which said remote user communicated with each of said users. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for providing a local user with the identities of users with whom a remote user has been communicating stored thereon, said computer program comprising:
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program code, stored in a computer readable memory communicably coupled to at least one processor, for obtaining a plurality of user representations, each of said plurality of user representations corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of users with whom said selected remote user recently communicated; and
program code, stored in said computer readable memory, for presenting said plurality of user representations in a computer system display, wherein all of said plurality of user representations are presented simultaneously in said computer system display, and wherein said plurality of user representations are presented in an order corresponding to an order in which said remote user communicated with each of said users.
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29. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, said computer data signal including at least one computer program for providing a local user with the identities of users with whom a remote user has been communicating, said computer program comprising:
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program code for obtaining a plurality of user representations, each of said plurality of user representations corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of users with whom said selected remote user recently communicated; and
program code for presenting said plurality of user representations in a computer system display, wherein all of said plurality of user representations are presented simultaneously in said computer system display, and wherein said plurality of user representations are presented in an order corresponding to an order in which said remote user communicated with each of said users.
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