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System and method for context-specific instant messaging

  • US 7,467,181 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2005
  • Issued: 12/16/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • displaying, on a video display device, a page of data that includes a plurality of regions;

    receiving a user action corresponding to the page of data;

    identifying the region from the plurality of regions where the user action was performed;

    determining that the identified region is time sensitive;

    retrieving a current time;

    selecting the one or more context-specific phrases based upon the retrieved current time;

    retrieving, from computer readable storage, one or more context-specific phrases that correspond to the identified region and that are based upon the retrieved current time;

    displaying, on the video display device, the retrieved context-specific phrases;

    receiving a phrase selection that corresponds to one of the context-specific phrases;

    initiating a context-specific message session based upon one or more of the context-specific phrases;

    including the context-specific phrase that corresponds to the phrase selection in a context-specific message; and

    sending the context-specific message to a recipient over a computer network.

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