RATING SYSTEM FOR INSTANT MESSAGING (IM)
First Claim
1. A method for IM communications comprising:
- receiving user ratings from IM users, where each received user rating represents a rating corresponding to an IM communicator;
processing the received user ratings, to establish a global rating for the IM communicator; and
conveying the global rating to IM clients along with an identifier of the IM communicator.
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Abstract
User ratings can be received from Instant Messaging (IM) users, such as ratings for other users established via an IM application interface. Each received user rating can represent a rating corresponding to an IM communicator. The received user ratings can be processed to establish a global rating for the IM communicator. The global rating can be conveyed to IM clients along with an identifier of the IM communicator. IM applications can present these global rating to IM users, who can also configure behavior of the IM applications based upon global IM ratings. In one embodiment, categories can be established, which results in category specific IM ratings, which can be used in a manner similar to the global IM ratings.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for IM communications comprising:
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receiving user ratings from IM users, where each received user rating represents a rating corresponding to an IM communicator; processing the received user ratings, to establish a global rating for the IM communicator; and conveying the global rating to IM clients along with an identifier of the IM communicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for IM communications, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable program code configured to receive user ratings from IM users, where each received user rating represents a rating corresponding to an IM communicator; computer usable program code configured to process the received user ratings, to establish a global rating for the IM communicator; and computer usable program code configured to convey the global rating to IM clients along with an identifier of the IM communicator. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A system for Instant Messaging (IM) communications comprising:
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a rating acceptor configured to accept user provided ratings corresponding to specific IM users; a rating processor configured to generate at least one global rating for the specific IM users based upon the user provided ratings accepted by the rating acceptor; and a rating provider configured to convey global ratings determined by the rating processing to IM users. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An Instant Messaging (IM) user interface comprising:
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a rating input control configured to accept input to be used for rating at least one external IM communicator; a rating submission control configured to submit input entered into the rating input control to an IM server; and a rating presentation control configured to present a rating associated with at least one IM communicator, which is provided by the IM server based upon ratings values provided by a plurality of different IM users for the IM communicator. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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