MANAGING MESSAGING SESSIONS AMONG MULTIPLE PARTICIPANTS
First Claim
1. A method of managing a multi participant messaging session among a plurality of session participants, comprising:
- detecting a plurality of electronic mails exchanged among a plurality of session participants participating during a multi participant messaging session;
accessing a repository that manages for each of said plurality of session participants a user preference profile defining a preferred messaging protocol selected from an email protocol, an IM protocol, and a cellular messaging protocol;
identifying, using said repository, first and second groups of said plurality of session participants, each member of said first group has an email protocol as said preferred messaging protocol and each member of said second group has an IM protocol or a cellular messaging protocol as said preferred messaging protocol;
formatting said plurality of electronic mails such that email content thereof is sent according to said email protocol to each member of said first group; and
sending said email content for distribution according to said IM protocol or said cellular messaging protocol for each member of said second group;
wherein said formattig comprises a plurality of RCPT TO) fields in each one of said plurality of emails to include at least one member of said first group and not of said second group while at least one TO field in respective said email includes all members of said multi participant messaging session.
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Abstract
A method of managing a multi participant messaging session among session participants. The method comprises detecting electronic mails and instant messaging (IM) messages exchanged among session participants participating during a multi participant messaging session, accessing a repository that manages for each of the session participants a user preference profile defining a preferred messaging protocol selected from an email protocol and an IM protocol, identifying, using the repository, first and second groups of the session participants, each member of the first group has an email protocol as the preferred messaging protocol and each member of the second group has an IM protocol as the preferred messaging protocol, formatting the electronic mails such that email content thereof is sent according to the email protocol to each member of the first group, and forwarding the email content for distribution according to the IM protocol for each member of the second group.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of managing a multi participant messaging session among a plurality of session participants, comprising:
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detecting a plurality of electronic mails exchanged among a plurality of session participants participating during a multi participant messaging session; accessing a repository that manages for each of said plurality of session participants a user preference profile defining a preferred messaging protocol selected from an email protocol, an IM protocol, and a cellular messaging protocol; identifying, using said repository, first and second groups of said plurality of session participants, each member of said first group has an email protocol as said preferred messaging protocol and each member of said second group has an IM protocol or a cellular messaging protocol as said preferred messaging protocol; formatting said plurality of electronic mails such that email content thereof is sent according to said email protocol to each member of said first group; and sending said email content for distribution according to said IM protocol or said cellular messaging protocol for each member of said second group; wherein said formattig comprises a plurality of RCPT TO) fields in each one of said plurality of emails to include at least one member of said first group and not of said second group while at least one TO field in respective said email includes all members of said multi participant messaging session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of managing a multi participant messaging session among a plurality of session participants, comprising:
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detecting, at a sender side, an electronic mail (email) having media content inputted using an email client module, said email designating a plurality of session participants; accessing a repository that manages for each of said plurality of session participants a user preference profile defining a preferred messaging protocol selected from an email protocol, an instant messaging (IM) protocol, and a cellular messaging protocol; identifying, using said repository, first and second groups of said plurality of session participants, each member of said first group has an email protocol as said preferred messaging protocol and each member of said second group has an IM protocol or a cellular messaging protocol as said preferred messaging protocol; formatting said email, at said sender side, such that said media content is sent according to said email protocol to each member of said first group; and sending said media content for distribution according to said IM protocol or said cellular messaging protocol for each member of said second group; wherein said formatting comprises formatting a plurality of RCPT TO fields in said email to include at least one member of said first group and not of said second group while at least one TO field in respective said email includes all members of said multi participant messaging session.
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26. A system of managing a multi participant messaging session among a plurality of session participants, comprising:
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a plurality of client side modules installed in a plurality of client terminals for detecting a plurality of electronic mails and a plurality of instant messaging (IM) messages or a plurality of cellular messages exchanged among a plurality of session participants participating during a multi participant messaging session; a repository that manages for each of said plurality of session participants a user preference profile defining a preferred messaging protocol selected from an email protocol, an IM protocol, and a cellular messaging protocol; and a routing module which identifies, using said repository, first and second groups of said plurality of session participants, each member of said first group has an email protocol as said preferred messaging protocol and each member of said second group has an IM protocol or a cellular messaging protocol as said preferred messaging protocol; wherein at least one of said plurality of client side modules and at least one email server is adapted for formatting said plurality of electronic mails such that email content thereof is sent according to said email protocol to each member of said first group; wherein said formatting comprises formatting a plurality of RCPT TO fields in each one of said plurality of emails to include, at least one member of said first group and not of said second group while at least one TO field in respective said email includes all members of said multi participant messaging session; wherein at least one of said plurality of client side modules and at least one email server forwards said email content for distribution according to said IM protocol or said cellular messaging protocol for each member of said second group.
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