Playback of instant messaging session history

• US 8,595,305 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Yen-Fu, Handy-Bosma, John Hans, Walker, Keith Raymond, Seivage, Mei Yang
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, LIANG CHE A
• Application Number:
  US13/613,268
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 439 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/205, 709/206, 709/246
• US Class Current: 709/206
• 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]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Systems, methods and media for playback of instant messaging session history in an instant messaging system by facilitating recording and playback of an instant messaging session history to a user are disclosed. Embodiments may include, during an instant messaging session where one or more instant messaging events occur, determining a timestamp associated with the one or more instant messaging events and recording an indication of the one or more instant messaging events and their associated timestamps. Embodiments may also include receiving one or more playback commands and, in response to the received playback commands, displaying playback of the one or more instant messaging events based on their associated timestamps. The instant messaging events may include one or more of a text message, file transfer, input device movement, or a status indication such as offline, returned from offline, away, returned from away, secure session established, session beginning or session ending.

Claims

1. A method for playing back an instant messaging session, the method comprising:

a processor determining one or more timestamps, each timestamp being associated with a different instant messaging event of one or more instant messaging events that have occurred during an instant messaging session between a first application and a second application, wherein the first and the second applications present different views of the instant messaging session;

recording an indication of the one or more instant messaging events and the one or more timestamps, wherein the one or more instant messaging events include an input device movement, and wherein the input device movement as made on the first application is translated using a first translation to perform, on the second application, a movement that is equivalent to the input device movement; and

receiving one or more playback commands, and in response, causing a display of playback of at least part of the instant messaging session in which the one or more instant messaging events have occurred, wherein the playback of the one or more instant messaging event is based on the one or more timestamps.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display of the playback occurs on a third application, the third application being configured differently from the second application for displaying the at least part of the instant messaging session, and wherein the display of the playback on the third application includes a second translation of the input device movement to perform, on the third application, a movement that is equivalent to the input device movement.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the third application is configured differently from the second application in that a window size of the third application is different from a window size of the second application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the input device movement comprises highlighting text in the first application, and wherein the input device movement tracks a first character and a last character of the text being highlighted, and wherein the highlighting comprises tracking special emphasis, the special emphasis including one of changing a color of the text being highlighted, changing a font of the text being highlighted, and changing a size of the text being highlighted.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first translation includes tracking a speed of the input device movement on the first application to perform the movement on the second application at a speed that is equivalent to the speed of the input device movement.

16. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and computer-readable program instructions stored on the one or more storage devices, the computer-readable program instructions, when executed by one or more processors, perform the method of claim 1.

17. A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices and program instructions stored on the one or more storage devices for execution by the one or more processors via the one or more memories, the program instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, perform the method of claim 1.

6. A computer program product for playing back an instant messaging session, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine one or more timestamps, each timestamp being associated with a different instant messaging event of one or more instant messaging events that have occurred during an instant messaging session between a first application and a second application, wherein the first and second applications present different views of the instant messaging session;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to record an indication of the one or more instant messaging events and the one or more timestamps, wherein the one or more instant messaging events include an input device movement, and wherein the input device movement as made on the first application is translated using a first translation to perform, on the second application, a movement that is equivalent to the input device movement;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive one or more playback commands, and in response, to cause a display of playback of at least part of the instant messaging session in which the one or more instant messaging events have occurred, wherein the playback of the one or more instant messaging event is based on the one or more timestamps.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the program instructions to cause the display of the playback cause the display to occur on a third application, the third application being configured differently from the second application for displaying the at least part of the instant messaging session, and wherein the display of the playback on the third application includes a second translation of the input device movement to perform, on the third application, a movement that is equivalent to the input device movement.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the third application is configured differently from the second application in that a window size of the third application is different from a window size of the second application.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the input device movement comprises highlighting text in the first application, wherein the input device movement tracks a first character and a last character of the text being highlighted, and wherein the highlighting comprises tracking special emphasis, the special emphasis including one of changing a color of the text being highlighted, changing a font of the text being highlighted, and changing a size of the text being highlighted.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the first translation further includes tracking a speed of the input device movement on the first application to perform the movement on the second application at a speed that is equivalent to the speed of the input device movement.

11. A computer system for playing back an instant messaging session, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to determine one or more timestamps, each timestamp being associated with a different instant messaging event of one or more instant messaging events that have occurred during an instant messaging session between a first application and a second application, wherein the first and second applications present different views of the instant messaging session;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to record an indication of the one or more instant messaging events and the one or more timestamps, wherein the one or more instant messaging events include an input device movement, and wherein the input device movement as made on the first application is translated using a first translation to perform, on the second application, a movement that is equivalent to the input device movement;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive one or more playback commands, and in response, to cause a display of playback of at least part of the instant messaging session in which the one or more instant messaging events have occurred, wherein the playback of the one or more instant messaging event is based on the one or more timestamps.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the program instructions to cause the display of the playback cause the display to occur on a third application, the third application being configured differently from the second application for displaying the at least part of the instant messaging session, and wherein the display of the playback on the third application includes a second translation of the input device movement to perform, on the third application, a movement that is equivalent to the input device movement.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the third application is configured differently from the second application in that a window size of the third application is different from a window size of the second application.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the input device movement comprises highlighting text in the first application, wherein the input device movement tracks a first character and a last character of the text being highlighted, and wherein the highlighting comprises tracking special emphasis, the special emphasis including one of changing a color of the text being highlighted, changing a font of the text being highlighted, and changing a size of the text being highlighted.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the first translation further includes tracking a speed of the input device movement on the first application to perform the movement on the second application at a speed that is equivalent to the speed of the input device movement.