Methods and Systems for Aggregating Content in an Instant Messaging System

• US 20100223272A1
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Talwar, Smriti, O'Hanlon, Mairead, Beckley, Kristina, Song, Yao Pang Alexis
• Granted Patent: US 8,195,718 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results

Abstract

A method for content aggregation in an instant messaging system includes locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log; organizing the located content by a parameter; and displaying the organized content. A system for content aggregation in an instant messaging system includes an aggregation module configured to locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log; and a display module configured to organizing the located content by a parameter and to display the organized content.

Claims

1. A method for content aggregation in an instant messaging system, the method comprising:

locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log;

organizing the located content by a parameter; and

displaying the organized content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing an action regarding a piece of the displayed content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the action comprises one of exporting, saving, uploading, tagging, and forwarding the piece of the displayed content.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the piece of the displayed content is selected by a user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the specified type includes one of uniform resource locators (URLs), Lotus Notes database URLs, web conference URLs, web conference passwords, phone numbers, audio conferences, audio conference passcodes, images, audio files, video files, and shared folders.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the specified type is selected by a user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the specified type is selected from an extensible list of types of content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter includes one of sender and date received.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter is selected by a user.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising an action module configured to perform an action regarding a piece of the displayed content.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the specified type includes one of uniform resource locators (URLs), Lotus Notes database URLs, web conference URLs, web conference passwords, phone numbers, audio conferences, audio conference passcodes, images, audio files, video files, and shared folders.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the specified type is selected by a user from an extensible list of content types.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the parameter includes one of sender and date received.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the parameter is selected by a user.

10. A system for content aggregation in an instant messaging system, the system comprising:

an aggregation module configured to locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log; and

a display module configured to organizing the located content by a parameter and to display the organized content.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the action comprises one of exporting, saving, uploading, tagging, and forwarding the piece of the displayed content.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the piece of the displayed content is selected by a user.

18. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium containing computer code that, when executed by a computer, implements a method for content aggregation in an instant messaging system, wherein the method comprises:

locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log;

organizing the located content by a parameter; and

displaying the organized content.

19. The computer program product according to claim 18, further comprising performing an action regarding a piece of the displayed content.

20. The computer program product according to claim 18, wherein the specified type is selected by a user from an extensible list of content types.