System and method for peer-to-peer Internet communication
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for Internet communication comprising:
- linking a first user registered in a first computer-implemented chat system to a computer-implemented host chat room not associated with the first chat system, the first user being associated with first user chat credentials associated with the first chat system;
linking a second user registered in a second computer-implemented chat system to the host chat room, the host chat room not being associated with the second chat system, the second user being associated with second user chat credentials associated with the second chat system;
permitting the users to chat in the host chat room without using their respective chat utilities; and
presenting, in the host chat room, at least portions of the respective first and second user chat credentials received from the respective first and second chat systems.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Cross IM group chat allows a host user to initiate a group conference between other users each registered on different chat systems (or not registered at all), as long as the host user is registered on each of the chat systems. Each user can participate in a semi-public chat that is viewable by the other participants of the chat, and private chats in which each participant can chat one on one with other participants in the group are also provided.
-
Citations
17 Claims
-
1. A method for Internet communication comprising:
-
linking a first user registered in a first computer-implemented chat system to a computer-implemented host chat room not associated with the first chat system, the first user being associated with first user chat credentials associated with the first chat system; linking a second user registered in a second computer-implemented chat system to the host chat room, the host chat room not being associated with the second chat system, the second user being associated with second user chat credentials associated with the second chat system; permitting the users to chat in the host chat room without using their respective chat utilities; and presenting, in the host chat room, at least portions of the respective first and second user chat credentials received from the respective first and second chat systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
-
-
7. A computer system for facilitating communication over a wide area network between a host user and at least first and second users registered on respective first and second computer-implemented chat systems, the host user being registered on both chat systems, comprising:
-
a host server on the network and having first and second chat interfaces for respectively communicating with the first and second chat systems; a host computer communicating with the host server and also communicating with first and second users over the respective first and second chat systems, first and second chat system user credentials associated with the respective first and second users being obtained by the host server and/or host computer, the host computer establishing a chat room on the host server, the chat room not requiring a chat system to access, at least portions of the first and second chat system user credentials being displayed in the chat room if the first and second users access the chat room. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A computer system for facilitating communication between at least first and second users registered on respective first and second computer-implemented chat systems that are different from each other, comprising:
-
a server hosting a chat room with which both users can communicate using web browsers; means for obtaining credentials of the first user from the first chat system and for obtaining credentials of the second user from the second chat system; and means for presenting the credentials in the chat room. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
-
Specification