INITIALIZING CHAT SESSIONS BY POINTING TO CONTENT
First Claim
1. A method of integrating an application and a chat session, comprising:
- a first user identifying content from the application, wherein the application is independent of any chat session;
the first user initiating the chat session with at least a second user that is remote from the first user by transmitting the content from the first user to the second user, wherein the first and second user establish the chat session in response to the content being transmitted; and
the first user and the second user sharing the content in connection with the chat session.
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Abstract
Integrating an application and a chat session includes a first user identifying content from the application, wherein the application is independent of any chat session, the first user initiating the chat session with at least a second user that is remote from the first user by transmitting the content from the first user to the second user, where the first and second user establish the chat session in response to the content being transmitted, and the first user and the second user sharing the content in connection with the chat session. The content may be a portion of a photograph, a portion of an image, a portion of text from a document, and/or a portion of a screen. The portion may be automatically identified following the user pointing and marking up the content. The first user may mark up the content before transmitting it to the second user.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of integrating an application and a chat session, comprising:
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a first user identifying content from the application, wherein the application is independent of any chat session; the first user initiating the chat session with at least a second user that is remote from the first user by transmitting the content from the first user to the second user, wherein the first and second user establish the chat session in response to the content being transmitted; and the first user and the second user sharing the content in connection with the chat session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Computer software, provided in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, that integrates an application and a chat session, the software comprising:
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executable code that identifies, for a first user, content from the application, wherein the application is independent of any chat session; executable code that initiates, for the first user, the chat session with at least a second user that is remote from the first user by transmitting the content from the first user to the second user, wherein the first and second user establish the chat session in response to the content being transmitted; and executable code that shares the content between the first user and the second user in connection with the chat session. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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