Identifying and displaying relevant shared entities in an instant messaging system
First Claim
1. A method of processing an instant message session between a first user and a second user in an instant messaging system, the method comprising:
- identifying at least one relevant entity from among a plurality of entities based upon the relevant entity being shared by the first and second users participating in the instant message session; and
highlighting a display representation of the relevant entity to indicate that the relevant entity is related to the instant message session.
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Abstract
An apparatus, program product and/or method identify relevant shared entities and/or display shared entities in an instant messaging system. In particular, entities such as files, images, videos, e-mails, links, bookmarks, databases, transcripts of other instant messages, etc. that are shared between users participating in an instant message session may be identified and highlighted to indicate that the shared entities are related to the instant message session. Furthermore, a link to an entity may be sent to a user when the entity is referenced in an instant message of the instant message session. Additionally, a display representation of entities that are shared with a user may be displayed in the user'"'"'s buddy list to indicate that the shared entity is accessible to the user and whom shared the entity with the user. Furthermore, a transcript may be associated with an entity.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of processing an instant message session between a first user and a second user in an instant messaging system, the method comprising:
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identifying at least one relevant entity from among a plurality of entities based upon the relevant entity being shared by the first and second users participating in the instant message session; and
highlighting a display representation of the relevant entity to indicate that the relevant entity is related to the instant message session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of sharing an entity between a first user and a second user within an instant messaging system, the method comprising:
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in response to the first user sharing an entity with the second user via the instant messaging system, displaying a display representation of the shared entity in a display representation of a buddy list of the second user; and
indicating to the second user the accessibility of the shared entity and an association of the shared entity with the first user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of associating an instant message session with an entity, the method comprising:
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analyzing at least one instant message of the instant message session between a first user and a second user to identify a reference to the entity; and
associating at least a portion of a transcript of the instant message session with the entity to indicate that the transcript of the instant message session is related to the entity.
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor;
a memory; and
program code configured to process an instant message session between a first user and a second user in an instant messaging system by identifying at least one relevant entity from among a plurality of entities based upon the relevant entity being shared by the first and second users participating in the instant message session and highlighting a display representation of the relevant entity to indicate that the relevant entity is related to the instant message session. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A program product, comprising:
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program code configured to process an instant message session between a first user and a second user in an instant messaging system by identifying at least one relevant entity from among a plurality of entities based upon the relevant entity being shared by the first and second users participating in the instant message session and highlighting a display representation of the relevant entity to indicate that the relevant entity is related to the instant message session; and
a computer readable medium bearing the program code.
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Specification