Method and system for instant messaging conversation security
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1. A method for securing an instant messaging (“
- IM”
) conversation between at least first and second communication devices communicating over a network, the method comprising;
receiving a conversation-specific command at the first communication device to disable copying of data representing at least a portion of a specific IM conversation after at least the portion of the specific IM conversation has been communicated between the first and second communication devices; and
transmitting a conversation-specific message to the second communication device to inform a user of the second communication device that copying of the data representing at least the portion of the specific IM conversation has been disabled.
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Abstract
A method for securing an instant messaging (“IM”) conversation between at least a first and a second user, the first and second users having a first and a second client, respectively, in communication over a network, the method comprising: receiving a command from the first user through an input device and a graphical user interface (“GUI”) presented on a display of the first client to disable copying of the IM conversation; and, transmitting a message to the second client to inform the second client and the second user that copying of the IM conversation has been disabled.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for securing an instant messaging (“
- IM”
) conversation between at least first and second communication devices communicating over a network, the method comprising;receiving a conversation-specific command at the first communication device to disable copying of data representing at least a portion of a specific IM conversation after at least the portion of the specific IM conversation has been communicated between the first and second communication devices; and transmitting a conversation-specific message to the second communication device to inform a user of the second communication device that copying of the data representing at least the portion of the specific IM conversation has been disabled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 21)
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8. A system for securing an instant messaging (“
- IM”
) conversation between the system and a client, the system and client being in communication over a network, the system comprising;a processor coupled to memory and to an interface to the network and adapted for; receiving a conversation-specific command through an input device and a graphical user interface (“
GUI”
) presented on a display of the system to disable copying of data representing at least a portion of a specific IM conversation after at least the portion of the specific IM conversation has been communicated between the client and a second communication device; and
,transmitting a message to the client to inform the client that copying of the data representing at least the portion of the specific IM conversation has been disabled. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22)
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15. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer executable code for directing a data processing system to secure an instant messaging (“
- IM”
) conversation between at least data processing system and a client, the data processing system and client being in communication over a network, the computer program product comprising;code for receiving a conversation-specific command through an input device and a graphical user interface (“
GUI”
) presented on a display of the data processing system to disable copying of data representing at least a portion of a specific IM conversation after at least the portion of the specific IM conversation has been communicated between the first and second communication devices; andcode for transmitting a message to the client to inform the second user that copying of the data representing at least the portion of the specific IM conversation has been disabled. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23)
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