Real-time blogging system and procedures

• US 20070288601A1
• Filed: 06/09/2006
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Barkley, Warren V., Sinclair, Andrew P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,601,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression

Abstract

An instant message is received, converted to blog-compatible information, and posted on a blog.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

a blog server receiving an instant message;

the blog server converting the instant message to blog-compatible information; and

the blog server posting the blog-compatible information on a blog.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the blog server acting as a participant of a multipoint conferencing server and receiving instant messaging activity of multiple instant message session participants and outputting blog posts that mirror the instant messaging activity.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

the blog server acting as a passive participant of an instant message session involving the multiple instant message session participants.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating, on a blog post, a participant'"'"'s blog identity with instant message information from the participant.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein associating a participant'"'"'s blog identity with instant message information from the participant further comprises:

converting a participant'"'"'s instant message identity to a blog identity for the participant and

associating the participant'"'"'s blog identity with instant message information from the participant that is posted on the blog.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein associating a participant'"'"'s blog identity with instant message information from the participant further comprises:

presence-enabling the participant'"'"'s identity on the blog posts.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating comments to a blog post as one or more instant messages back to at least the participant responsible for the blog post.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein communicating comments to a blog post as one or more instant messages back to at least the participant responsible for the blog post further comprises:

determining the instant message identity of a party responsible for a blog post, and communicating a comment to the blog post to the responsible party as an instant message.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein communicating a comment to the blog post to the responsible party as an instant message further comprises:

communicating the comment to the blog post as an instant message if the party responsible for the blog post is present in the instant messaging session.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating blog posts as instant messages back to one or more of the instant message session participants.

11. A method comprising:

posting a response to a blog post; and

converting the response to the blog post to an instant message and providing the instant message to at least an instant message participant responsible for the blog post.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the posting a response to a blog post further comprises:

posting a comment to the blog post.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein providing the instant message to at least an instant message participant responsible for the blog post further comprises:

providing the instant message to the instant message participant responsible for the blog post and to any other instant message participants comprised by a thread to which the response is posted.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

indicating in association with the blog post whether the participant responsible for the blog post is present in an instant messaging session.

15. Logic that, when applied to affect the operation of an instant messaging system, results in:

in response to receiving an instant message, converting the received instant message to a blog-post.

16. The logic of claim 15, that, when applied, further results in:

the instant messaging system receiving instant messaging activity of multiple instant message session participants and outputting blog posts that mirror the instant messaging activity.

17. The logic of claim 15, wherein the instant messaging system comprises a multipoint conferencing server.

18. The logic of claim 15, that, when applied, further results in:

mapping a participant'"'"'s instant message identity to a blog identity for the participant.

19. The logic of claim 18, that, when applied, further results in:

converting a participant'"'"'s instant message identity to a blog identity for the participant and

associating the participant'"'"'s blog identity with instant message information from the participant that is posted on the blog.

20. The logic of claim 18, that, when applied, further results in:

presence-enabling the participant'"'"'s identity on the blog posts.