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Integrated Multi-Modal Chat

  • US 20110276903A1
  • Filed: 12/30/2010
  • Published: 11/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multi-modal chat system for integrating interactions among a household comprising a plurality of household users, the system comprising:

  • a computing device, comprising at least one processor and at least one computer readable storage medium in communication with the at least one processor, the at least one computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the computer system to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising;

    instructions for receiving user input via a user interface, the user input comprising an indication that a first household user wants to send a communication to be received by one or more second household users;

    instructions for determining, based on a context of the communication, whether the communication is time-sensitive;

    instructions for determining, based on the context of the communication, a set of one or more recipients of the communication;

    instructions for selecting a mode for the communication, based on a first determination of whether the communication is time-sensitive and second determination of the set of recipients; and

    instructions for sending the communication to the set of recipients using the selected mode.

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