GROUP MESSAGE RELAY
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a chat message that is directed to a chat group in a first message service and in which a first participant and a second participant are members of the chat group,the first participant being socially connected to the second participant via a second message service and having an online status within the first message service,the second participant having an offline status within the first message service; and
providing the chat message to the second participant via the second message service based on the offline status of the second participant and based on the first and second participants being socially connected to each other by the second message service,the providing of the chat message being performed by a processor of a machine.
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Abstract
A message machine may provide a message service that allows creation of a chat group in which multiple users are members. A member of the chat group may send a message to the chat group, which causes the message machine to send the message to each of the other members who are online in the message service. If one of the other members is offline in the message service, but is online in another message service, the message machine may relay the message to this member via the other message service, in which an online member of the chat group is socially connected to the offline member by the other message service. The message machine may access credentials of the online member, use these credentials to impersonate the online member, and send the message to the offline member through the other message service.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a chat message that is directed to a chat group in a first message service and in which a first participant and a second participant are members of the chat group, the first participant being socially connected to the second participant via a second message service and having an online status within the first message service, the second participant having an offline status within the first message service; and providing the chat message to the second participant via the second message service based on the offline status of the second participant and based on the first and second participants being socially connected to each other by the second message service, the providing of the chat message being performed by a processor of a machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a chat message that is directed to a chat group in a first message service and in which a first participant and a second participant are members of the chat group, the first participant being socially connected to the second participant via a second message service and having an online status within the first message service, the second participant having an offline status within the first message service; and providing the chat message to the second participant via the second message service based on the offline status of the second participant and based on the first and second participants being socially connected to each other by the second message service, the providing of the chat message being performed by the one or more processors of the machine. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a reception module configured to receive a chat message that is directed to a chat group in a first message service and in which a first participant and a second participant are members of the chat group, the first participant being socially connected to the second participant via a second message service and having an online status within the first message service, the second participant having an offline status within the first message service; and a processor configured by a provision module to provide the chat message to the second participant via the second message service based on the offline status of the second participant and based on the first and second participants being socially connected to each other by the second message service. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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Specification