Method and system for IMPS-based transient objects
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1. A method of utilizing an instant messaging protocol to monitor updated information relating to a transient object, the method comprising:
- specifying, with a monitoring device, characteristics of a transient object to be continuously monitored by a participant at least until an expiration of the transient object;
receiving, at the monitoring device, a list of transient objects matching the specified characteristics;
displaying the list of transient objects on a display of the monitoring device;
receiving at the monitoring device, context specific information relating to at least one transient object in response to participant selection of the at least one transient object from the list;
displaying on the display of the monitoring device, the context specific information;
continuously monitoring the at least one transient object in response to participant selection of the at least one transient object from the list, using the monitoring device, at least until an expiration of the at least one transient object;
receiving at the monitoring device, in response to a change in state of the continuously monitored of the at least one transient object, updates relating to about the at least one transient object using presence messages of an immediate messaging and presence protocol of the monitoring device; and
displaying on the display of the monitoring device, the updates relating to the at least one transient object using an immediate messaging and presence protocol interface at the monitoring device.
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Abstract
By utilizing IMPS technology and transient objects or object identifiers, a method and system can notify registered participants of changes in the status of those transient objects. One use of such technology is in the area of on-line auctions, but other uses include the general area of distributed queuing for an item of interest (or a subject of interest) and dispatching to similarly interested users, through transitive presence, information concerning corresponding transactions or actions.
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1. A method of utilizing an instant messaging protocol to monitor updated information relating to a transient object, the method comprising:
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specifying, with a monitoring device, characteristics of a transient object to be continuously monitored by a participant at least until an expiration of the transient object; receiving, at the monitoring device, a list of transient objects matching the specified characteristics; displaying the list of transient objects on a display of the monitoring device; receiving at the monitoring device, context specific information relating to at least one transient object in response to participant selection of the at least one transient object from the list; displaying on the display of the monitoring device, the context specific information; continuously monitoring the at least one transient object in response to participant selection of the at least one transient object from the list, using the monitoring device, at least until an expiration of the at least one transient object; receiving at the monitoring device, in response to a change in state of the continuously monitored of the at least one transient object, updates relating to about the at least one transient object using presence messages of an immediate messaging and presence protocol of the monitoring device; and displaying on the display of the monitoring device, the updates relating to the at least one transient object using an immediate messaging and presence protocol interface at the monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer readable storage medium including computer instructions embedded therein for causing, upon execution of said computer instructions, a computer processor to perform the method, comprising:
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specifying characteristics of a transient object to be monitored continuously by a participant at least until expiration of the transient object; receiving a list of transient objects matching the specified characteristics; displaying the list of transient objects; receiving context specific information corresponding to at least one transient object in response to participant selection of the at least one transient object from the list of transient objects; displaying the context specific information; continuously monitoring the at least one transient object in response to participant selection of the at least one transient object from the list at least until an expiration of the at least one transient object; receiving, in response to a change in state of the continuously monitored of the at least one transient object, updates relating to the at least one transient object using presence messages of an immediate messaging and presence protocol; and displaying the updates relating to the at least one transient object using an immediate messaging and presence protocol interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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11. The computer readable storage medium of 10, wherein the transient object comprises an auction object.
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