Announcing new users of an electronic communications system to existing users
First Claim
1. A method for announcing new users of an electronic communications system, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a new user of an electronic communications system, wherein the new user has an identifier for the electronic communications system;
identifying existing users of the electronic communications system that are known to the new user; and
sending the identified existing users a message notifying the identified existing users of the identifier of the new user.
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Abstract
Announcing new users of an electronic communications system includes receiving an indication of a new user of an electronic communications system. The new user has an identifier for the electronic communications system. Existing users of the electronic communications system that are known to the new user are identified. The identified existing users are sent a message notifying the identified existing users of the identifier of the new user. The identified existing users may be enabled to add the identifier of the new user to participant lists used by the identified existing users. The new user may be enabled to add identifiers of the identified existing users to a participant list of the electronic communications system used by the new user.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for announcing new users of an electronic communications system, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a new user of an electronic communications system, wherein the new user has an identifier for the electronic communications system;
identifying existing users of the electronic communications system that are known to the new user; and
sending the identified existing users a message notifying the identified existing users of the identifier of the new user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A machine-accessible medium that when accessed, results in a machine performing operations for announcing new users of an electronic communications system, comprising:
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receiving an indication of a new user of an electronic communications system, wherein the new user has an identifier for the electronic communications system;
identifying existing users of the electronic communications system that are known to the new user; and
sending the existing users a message notifying the identified existing users of the identifier of the new user.
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26. A system for announcing new users of an electronic communications system, the system comprising:
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means for receiving an indication of a new user of an electronic communications system, wherein the new user has an identifier for the electronic communications system;
means for identifying existing users of the electronic communications system that are known to the new user; and
means for sending the identified existing users a message notifying the identified existing users of the identifier of the new user.
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27. A computer program stored on a computer-readable medium or a propagated signal that, when executed, generates a graphical user interface on a display device for using a computer to manage a list of users of an electronic communications system with which electronic messages may be exchanged, the graphical user interface comprising:
a participant list display associated with a user of the participant list display that includes users of an electronic communications system, one or more of the users being included automatically in the participant list display as a result of the user receiving indications identifying the one or more users as new users of the electronic communications system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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