SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE MESSAGING AND DATA DISTRIBUTION

• US 20090292773A1
• Filed: 05/19/2009
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Carey, Kenneth D., Leedberg, Gregory, Spencer, George W. JR.
• Granted Patent: US 8,655,954 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

A collaborative messaging and data distribution system includes a text-messaging engine executing on a processor for sending and receiving messages among a plurality of users. The text-messaging engine includes an information proxy for distributing information among at least one information source and the plurality of users. The information proxy appears as one of the plurality of users.

Claims

1. A collaborative messaging and data distribution system, comprising:

a text-messaging engine executing on a processor for sending and receiving messages among a plurality of users, comprising;

an information proxy for distributing information among at least one information source and the plurality of users,

wherein the information proxy appears as one of the plurality of users.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the information proxy is configured to distribute information over a chat session.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the information proxy is configured to distribute information over the chat session in response to a request for the information from at least one of the plurality of users.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the messages is associated with the distributed information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the information proxy includes at least one data feed comprising at least one data entry.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the information proxy comprises:

a publisher processor to publish at least one data feed for the at least one information source;

a subscriber processor to allow at least one of the plurality of users to subscribe to the at least one data feed; and

a distributor processor to distribute information associated with the at least one data feed to the at least one subscribed user.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the distributor processor is configured to process at least one data update from the at least one subscribed user.

8. A method for collaborative messaging and data distribution, comprising:

in a text-messaging engine executing on a processor;

sending and receiving messages among a plurality of users; and

in an information proxy, distributing information among at least one information source and the plurality of users,

wherein the information proxy appears as one of the plurality of users.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information proxy is configured to distribute information over a chat session.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising distributing information over the chat session in response to a request for the information from at least one of the plurality of users.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the messages is associated with the distributed information.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the information proxy includes at least one data feed comprising at least one data entry.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

publishing to the plurality of users at least one data feed for the at least one information source;

enabling at least one of the plurality of users to subscribe to the at least one data feed; and

distributing information associated with the at least one data feed to the at least one subscribed user.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising distributing to the at least one data feed at least one data update from the at least one subscribed user.

15. An article, comprising:

a storage medium having stored instructions thereon that when executed by a machine result in the following;

a text-messaging engine for sending and receiving messages among a plurality of users; and

an information proxy for distributing information among at least one information source and the plurality of users,

wherein the information proxy appears as one of the plurality of users.

16. The article of claim 15, further comprising:

publishing to the plurality of users at least one data feed for the at least one information source;

enabling at least one of the plurality of users to subscribe to the at least one data feed; and

distributing information associated with the at least one data feed to the at least one subscribed user.