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Controlling active and passive participation in a thread of conversation

  • US 9,275,372 B2
  • Filed: 10/03/2006
  • Issued: 03/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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