Method, system, and apparatus for generating weblogs from interactive communication client software

• US 7,653,692 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2003
• Issued: 01/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: X Corp. (f/k/a Twitter, Inc.) (X Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Swearingen, Craig A., Creamer, Thomas E., Katz, Neil A., Hilf, Bill H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava; Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): Goodchild; William J
• Application Number:
  US10/736,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20050132056A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,234 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

A method of sharing instant messaging transcripts can include establishing an instant messaging session. The method can also include receiving a user request to publish a transcript of the session to a Weblog and publishing the transcript to the Weblog.

Claims

1. A method of publishing instant messages exchanged during an instant messaging session to one or more Weblogs comprising the steps of:

establishing an instant messaging session among two or more users logged onto an instant messaging server;

presenting a graphic user interface to each of the users;

activating by a user a first control within the graphic user interface;

recording the instant messaging session upon activation of the first control;

compiling a transcript from the recorded instant messaging session and saving the compiled transcript to a specified portion of a memory;

activating by the user a second control within the graphic user interface, wherein the second control is separate from the first control;

transmitting the saved transcript to a blogging system upon activation of the second control;

determining a destination of at least one Weblog based on information associated with the user;

generating an indicator indicating at least one of a format, font, and color in which the transcript is to be published based on the information associated with the user; and

publishing the transcript to the at least one Weblog according to the indicator.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising formatting the transcript according to a predefined template.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined template specifies one of a plurality of Weblogs to which the transcript is published, or one of a plurality of sections of the Weblog to which the IM transcript is stored.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the template specifies instructions for processing the Weblog according to an identity of a sender.

5. The method of claim 1, said establishing step further comprising the step of joining a Weblog agent to the instant messaging session, wherein the Weblog agent records transactions of the instant messaging session.

6. The method of claim 5, said publishing step further comprising sending the transcript to the Weblog using the Weblog agent.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising formatting the transcript according to a template using the Weblog agent.

8. The method of claim 1, said establishing step further comprising the step of exchanging electronic documents within the instant messaging session, wherein the electronic document is saved as part of the transcript.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the electronic document specifies multimedia content.

10. The method of claim 1, said publishing step further comprising:

detecting a state change in the portion of the memory; and

responsive to said detecting step, sending the transcript to the Weblog.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user request to join a Weblog agent to the instant messaging session;

recording the instant messaging session by the Weblog agent; and

compiling the recorded instant messaging session into the transcript upon termination of the instant messaging session.

12. A system of publishing instant messages exchanged during an instant messaging session to one or more Weblogs comprising the steps of:

an instant messaging server for establishing an instant messaging session among two or more users logged onto the instant messaging server;

a graphic user interface presented to each of the users, the graphic user interface including a first control and a second control separate from the first control;

means for recording the instant messaging session upon activation of the first control by a user;

means for compiling a transcript from the recorded instant messaging session and saving the compiled transcript to a specified portion of a memory;

means for transmitting the saved transcript to a blogging system upon activation of the second control;

means for determining a destination of at least one Weblog based on information associated with the user;

means for generating an indicator indicating at least one of a format, font, and color in which the transcript is to be published based on the information associated with the user; and

means for publishing the transcript to the at least one Weblog according to the indicator.

13. A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

establishing an instant messaging session among two or more users logged onto an instant messaging server;

presenting a graphic user interface to each of the users;

activating by a user a first control within the graphic user interface;

recording the instant messaging session upon activation of the first control;

compiling a transcript from the recorded instant messaging session and saving the compiled transcript to a specified portion of a memory;

activating by the user a second control within the graphic user interface, wherein the second control is separate from the first control;

transmitting the saved transcript to a blogging system upon activation of the second control;

determining a destination of at least one Weblog based on information associated with the user;

generating an indicator indicating at least one of a format, font, and color in which the transcript is to be published based on the information associated with the user; and

publishing the transcript to the at least one Weblog according to the indicator.