METHOD OF TAGGING INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) CONVERSATIONS FOR EASY INFORMATION SHARING
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a selection of content within a transcript of an electronic communication;
applying a label to the content selected within the transcript;
assigning a unique URL to the content selected from within the transcript; and
forwarding at least the content selected to a storage location accessible via the unique URL.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for selecting and tagging content within an instant messaging (IM) session. The content is selected utilizing a contextual pointer, tagged with a subject and/or key words, then assigned a uniform resource locator (URL), and stored as an IM transcript. A search system allows the IM transcript and/or selected content to be indexed according to the tag, title, and word(s)/phrase(s) selected within the content. The IM transcript is retrieved from a location within the network via the assigned URL. IM users may assign accessibility privileges to the URL of the IM transcript, allowing selected content to be shared via a community and/or corporate network. Private access privileges may be assigned to offer full IM transcript protection.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a selection of content within a transcript of an electronic communication; applying a label to the content selected within the transcript; assigning a unique URL to the content selected from within the transcript; and forwarding at least the content selected to a storage location accessible via the unique URL. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electronic device comprising:
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a processor component; an input/output (I/O) mechanism that enables manipulation of content within an instant messaging (IM) client executing on the electronic device; a mechanism for transmitting and receiving IM communication from the IM client; and a utility associated with the IM client executing on the processor component and which comprises code that enables completion of the functions of; receiving a selection of content within a transcript of an electronic communication; applying a label to the content selected within the transcript; assigning a unique URL to the content selected from within the transcript; and forwarding at least the content selected to a storage location accessible via the unique URL. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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13. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and program code on the computer readable medium that when executed by a processor provides the functions of; receiving a selection of content within a transcript of an electronic communication; applying a label to the content selected within the transcript; assigning a unique URL to the content selected from within the transcript; and forwarding at least the content selected to a storage location accessible via the unique URL. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising program code for:
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indexing the selected content in the database according the label of the selected content and the characters within the selected content; establishing access protocols to the selected content within the database according to the selected network; and enabling access to the labeled content with one of the unique URL and a search term associated with the selected content, wherein a search engine locates the labeled content in the database via characters found within the selected content or from characters making up the label.
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