Controlling active and passive participation in a thread of conversation
First Claim
1. A method for controlling active and passive participation among participants in a thread of conversation, comprising:
- creating a thread of conversation in a messaging system;
adding a plurality of participants to the thread;
classifying each of the participants as one of either active or passive so as to create a group of active participants and a group of passive participants;
permitting only those participants classified as active participants to post to the thread while providing merely a view of the thread to the passive participants the view not permitting entry of posts to the thread by those participants in the group of passive participants but the view allowing the participants in the group of passive participants to view postings from the participants in the group of active participants; and
,establishing a sequence in a queue in which each of the active participants are permitted to post to the thread and ordering posts from the active participants to the thread in accordance to the sequence so as to avoid out-of-sync posts to the thread.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and persistent chats and provide a method, system and computer program product for controlling active and passive participation among participants in a thread of conversation in an instant messaging session or persistent chat. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling active and passive participation among participants in a thread of conversation can be provided. The method can include creating a thread of conversation in a messaging system, adding participants to the thread, classifying the participants as one of either active or passive, and permitting only those participants classified as active participants to post to the thread while providing merely a view of the thread to the passive participants.
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1. A method for controlling active and passive participation among participants in a thread of conversation, comprising:
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creating a thread of conversation in a messaging system; adding a plurality of participants to the thread; classifying each of the participants as one of either active or passive so as to create a group of active participants and a group of passive participants; permitting only those participants classified as active participants to post to the thread while providing merely a view of the thread to the passive participants the view not permitting entry of posts to the thread by those participants in the group of passive participants but the view allowing the participants in the group of passive participants to view postings from the participants in the group of active participants; and
,establishing a sequence in a queue in which each of the active participants are permitted to post to the thread and ordering posts from the active participants to the thread in accordance to the sequence so as to avoid out-of-sync posts to the thread. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A messaging data processing system comprising:
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a chat thread processing module; a messaging user interface; and
,moderator control logic comprising program code enabled to classify each of the participants as one of either active or passive so as to create a group of active participants and a group of passive participants, to permit only those participants classified as active participants to post to the thread while providing merely a view of the thread to the passive participants the view not permitting entry of posts to the thread by those participants in the group of passive participants but the view allowing the participants in the group of passive participants to view postings from the participants in the group of active participants and, to establish a sequence in a queue in which each of the active participants are permitted to post to the thread and ordering posts from the active participants to the thread in accordance to the sequence so as to avoid out-of-sync posts to the thread. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium comprising a memory device having computer usable program code for controlling active and passive participation among participants in a thread of conversation, the computer program product including:
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computer usable program code for creating a thread of conversation in a messaging system; computer usable program code for adding a plurality of participants to the thread; computer usable program code for classifying each of the participants as one of either active or passive so as to create a group of active participants and a group of passive participants; computer usable program code for permitting only those participants classified as active participants to post to the thread while providing merely a view of the thread to the passive participants the view not permitting entry of posts to the thread by those participants in the group of passive participants but the view allowing the participants in the group of passive participants to view postings from the participants in the group of active participants; and
,computer usable program code for establishing a sequence in a queue in which each of the active participants are permitted to post to the thread and ordering posts from the active participants to the thread in accordance to the sequence so as to avoid out-of-sync posts to the thread. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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