WEB-BASED PUBLIC MESSAGING SYSTEM

• US 20070130258A1
• Filed: 12/06/2006
• Published: 06/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Almberg
• Original Assignee: John Almberg
• Inventors: Almberg, John
• Application Number:
  US11/567,716
• Publication Number:
  US 20070130258A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A system for users of web browsers a global communications network to communicate messages when visiting the same web sites. A client is installed with each browser and a server is provided remotely on the network. The client communicates its user'"'"'s member and current web site information to the server. The server associates the users into sets at the respective web sites and informs each user'"'"'s client who the other users are at the same web site. The client displays this to its user. Using their client, an author user inputs a new message that is communicated to the server, and the server communicates this new message to the clients of all users at the same web site as the author user. The clients then display each new message as received.

Claims

1. A system for a plurality of users a global communications network who have web browsers to intercommunicate messages when collectively visiting same web sites, the system comprising:

in said web browser of each said user, a messaging client application;

in said network remote from said users and from said same web sites, a messaging server application;

said messaging client application to communicate to said messaging server application;

member information identifying its said user, and

site information identifying the said web site its said web browser is visiting;

said messaging server application to;

associate said users with respective sets of list information based on the said web site a said user is determined to be visiting, and

communicate to each said user represented in a said set of list information a copy of that said set of list information;

said messaging client application to display a user list based on a received said set of list information;

said messaging client application to accept input of a new said message from its said user, as an author user, and to communicate said new said message to said messaging server application;

said messaging server application to communicate said new said message to the said messaging client applications of all said users in the same said set of list information as said author user; and

said messaging client application to display each said new said message as received.