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Distributed instant messaging

  • US 20070162605A1
  • Filed: 01/07/2006
  • Published: 07/12/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a computing environment having multiple client devices, each configured with an Instant messaging (IM) utility, a computer-implementable method comprising:

  • establishing a first IM session with a first user login identifier (ID) on a first client device that has an associated first network routing address; and

    when a request to establish a next IM session with the same first user login ID is received from a second client device while the first IM session is active, dynamically enabling a seamless continuation of the first IM session on the second client device.

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