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Real time communications system

  • US 20060031331A1
  • Filed: 07/19/2004
  • Published: 02/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A real-time communications system comprising:

  • a plurality of communications devices communicating with each other over a network;

    at least two communications devices including an e-mail capability and an instant messaging (IM) capability operating on a common IM protocol; and

    one of said at least two communications devices monitoring e-mail activity, identifying e-mail message threads in said e-mail activity and selectively providing a prompt to switch an identified thread to an IM session.

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