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Messaging system and method

  • US 8,407,604 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2008
  • Issued: 03/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • defining, via a computing device, text to be included within a first text message;

    assigning, via the computing device, one or more tags to the first text message, wherein the one or more tags are chosen from a plurality of available tags, and wherein the plurality of available tags are defined before the text to be included within the first text message is defined; and

    transmitting, via the computing device, the first text message, including the text and the one or more tags, to one or more recipients;

    wherein the plurality of tags includes one or more of a handraise tag, a chat tag, a minute tag, and a scribe tag, and wherein at least one of;

    the handraise tag is assigned to a message when a user indicates an intention to focus the attention of participants of an online discussion on the message;

    the chat tag is assigned to a message when a user indicates an intention to discuss the message in greater detail;

    the minute tag is assigned to a message when a user indicates that the message should be memorialized within minutes associated with the online discussion;

    the scribe tag is assigned when the user indicates that the message should be supplemented for ease of use by a user with a disability.

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