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Managing chat sessions

  • US 8,914,444 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2006
  • Issued: 12/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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