Merging instant messaging (IM) chat sessions
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1. A system, comprising:
- a memory that stores instructions;
a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising;
determining if a response from a recipient was sent to a sender during a first time interval, wherein the response is a reply to an instant messaging message sent by the sender to the recipient;
determining if the recipient is already engaged in a first instant messaging chat session with a contact if the response from the recipient is determined to not be sent to the sender during the first time interval; and
providing, if the recipient is determined to be already engaged in the first instant messaging chat session with the contact, a first message to the sender that notifies the sender to wait for a second time interval for the response from the recipient.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides for merging of instant messaging (IM) chat sessions. In one embodiment, a method for automatically replying to an IM message from a first IM sender when a recipient is engaged in an IM session with a second IM sender is provided. In another embodiment, the disclosure provides a method for forwarding IM messages to a recipient at different IM clients. In still another embodiment, a method for transferring IM messages to a different recipient is provided. In some embodiments, two separate IM chat sessions are merged into a single IM chat session.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a memory that stores instructions; a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising; determining if a response from a recipient was sent to a sender during a first time interval, wherein the response is a reply to an instant messaging message sent by the sender to the recipient; determining if the recipient is already engaged in a first instant messaging chat session with a contact if the response from the recipient is determined to not be sent to the sender during the first time interval; and providing, if the recipient is determined to be already engaged in the first instant messaging chat session with the contact, a first message to the sender that notifies the sender to wait for a second time interval for the response from the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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determining, by utilizing instructions from memory that are executed by a processor, if a response from a recipient was sent to a sender during a first time interval, wherein the response is a reply to an instant messaging message sent by the sender to the recipient; determining if the recipient is already engaged in a first instant messaging chat session with a contact if the response from the recipient is determined to not be sent to the sender during the first time interval; and providing, if the recipient is determined to be already engaged in the first instant messaging chat session with the contact, a first message to the sender that notifies the sender to wait for a second time interval for the response from the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable device comprising instructions, which, when loaded and executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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determining if a response from a recipient was sent to a sender during a first time interval, wherein the response is a reply to an instant messaging message sent by the sender to the recipient; determining if the recipient is already engaged in a first instant messaging chat session with a contact if the response from the recipient is determined to not be sent to the sender during the first time interval; and providing, if the recipient is determined to be already engaged in the first instant messaging chat session with the contact, a first message to the sender that notifies the sender to wait for a second time interval for the response from the recipient.
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