Managing chat sessions
First Claim
1. A method for managing a chat session having a plurality of participants, the method comprising the steps of:
- a server computer identifying a local time for each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session;
the server computer generating a time icon for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session, wherein the time icon comprises an icon identifying different times of a day and an indicator located in a position relative to the icon in which the position of the indicator identifies the local time for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session; and
the server computer sending to the each participant in the chat session, the time icon including a current local time of each of other participants in the chat session in a manner to cause a workstation for the each participant in the chat session to display an identity and the time icon of the each of the other participants in the chat session.
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Abstract
Computer system, method and program product for managing a chat session having a plurality of participants. A server sends to each participant in the chat session, a current local time of each other participant in the chat session. A workstation of each participant in the chat session displays an identity and current local time of each other participant in the chat session. The current local time of each other participant in the chat session can be represented by a graphical representation of the current local time of each other participant in the chat session. The server also sends to each participant in the chat session a current date of each other participant in the chat session. The workstation of each participant in the chat session displays the current date of each other participant in the chat session.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for managing a chat session having a plurality of participants, the method comprising the steps of:
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a server computer identifying a local time for each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session; the server computer generating a time icon for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session, wherein the time icon comprises an icon identifying different times of a day and an indicator located in a position relative to the icon in which the position of the indicator identifies the local time for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session; and the server computer sending to the each participant in the chat session, the time icon including a current local time of each of other participants in the chat session in a manner to cause a workstation for the each participant in the chat session to display an identity and the time icon of the each of the other participants in the chat session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for managing a chat session having a plurality of participants, the system comprising:
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a computer system comprising a CPU, a computer-readable tangible storage device, and a computer-readable memory; program instructions for a server program that identify a local time for each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session; program instructions for the server program that generate a time icon for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session, wherein the time icon comprises an icon identifying different times of a day and an indicator located in a position relative to the icon in which the position of the indicator identifies the local time for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session; and program instructions for the server program that send to each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session, the time icon including a current local time of each of other participants in the chat session, wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer-readable tangible storage device for execution by the CPU via the computer-readable memory in the computer system in a manner to cause a workstation for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session to display an identity and the time icon of the each of the other participants in the plurality of participants in the chat session in response to receiving the time icon of the each of the other participants in the chat session. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product for managing a chat session having a plurality of participants, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer-readable tangible storage device; first program instructions, for execution in a server, to identify a local time for each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session; second program instructions, for execution in the server, to generate a time icon for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session, wherein the time icon comprises an icon identifying different times of a day and an indicator located in a position relative to the icon in which the position of the indicator identifies the local time for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session; and second program instructions, for execution in the server, to initiate sending to each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session, the time icon including a current local time of each of other participants in the chat session in a manner to cause a workstation for the each participant in the plurality of participants in the chat session to initiate a display of an identity and the time icon of the each of the other participants in the chat session in response to receipt of the time icon of the each of the other participants in the chat session; and
wherein the first program instructions, second program instructions, and third program instructions are stored on the computer-readable tangible storage device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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