Multiple personalities

• US 10,291,556 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2015
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Weaver, Andrew, Wolf, Eric Jeffrey, McCool, Julie, Mills, Julie, Heikes, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Bycer, Eric J.
• Application Number:
  US14/962,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20160197859A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,253 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A computer implemented method enables perception of multiple online personas in an instant messaging communications session by identifying at least two identities within a communications environment to whom messages may be directed, and by enabling a first persona of a user to be projected to a first of the identities while concurrently enabling a second persona of the same user to be projected to a second of the identities.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

memory, operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising;

upon establishment of a first communications session between a sender and a first recipient, projecting a first persona of the sender and detecting a first characteristic associated with the first recipient;

based on the first characteristic, employing a first functionality in the first communications session;

upon establishment of a second communications session between the sender and a second recipient, projecting the first persona of the sender and detecting a second characteristic associated with the second recipient;

based on the second characteristic, employing a second functionality in the second communications session; and

wherein the first functionality and the second functionality are different.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first functionality comprises encrypting messages sent by the first recipient during the first communications session.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the first functionality comprises decrypting messages received by the first recipient during the first communications session.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the first functionality comprises logging messages sent and received to the first recipient during the first communications session.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the first functionality further comprises providing a notification concerning the message logging to the first recipient.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first functionality comprises routing a message received during the first communications session.

7. A computer implemented method comprising:

establishing a first communication session between a sender and a first recipient;

upon establishment of the first communications session between the sender and the first recipient, projecting a first persona of the sender and detecting a first characteristic associated with the first recipient;

based on the first characteristic, employing a first functionality in the first communications session;

establishing a second communication session between the sender and a second recipient;

upon establishment of the second communications session between the sender and the second recipient, projecting the first persona of the sender and detecting a second characteristic associated with the second recipient;

based on the second characteristic, employing a second functionality in the second communications session; and

wherein the first functionality and the second functionality are different.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first functionality comprises encrypting messages sent by the first recipient during the first communications session.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the first functionality comprises decrypting messages received by the first recipient during the first communications session.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the first functionality comprises logging messages sent and received to the first recipient during the first communications session.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the first functionality further comprises providing a notification concerning the message logging to the first recipient.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the first functionality comprises routing a message received during the first communications session.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

establishing a first communication session between a sender and a first recipient;

upon establishment of the first communications session between the sender and the first recipient, projecting a first persona of the sender and detecting a first characteristic associated with the first recipient;

based on the first characteristic, employing a first functionality in the first communications session;

establishing a second communication session between the sender and a second recipient;

upon establishment of the second communications session between the sender and the second recipient, projecting the first persona of the sender and detecting a second characteristic associated with the second recipient;

based on the second characteristic, employing a second functionality in the second communications session; and

wherein the first functionality and the second functionality are different.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the first functionality comprises encrypting messages sent by the first recipient during the first communications session.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the first functionality comprises decrypting messages received by the first recipient during the first communications session.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the first functionality comprises logging messages sent and received to the first recipient during the first communications session.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the first functionality further comprises providing a notification concerning the message logging to the first recipient.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the first functionality comprises routing a message received during the first communications session.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 18, wherein routing the message comprises routing of the message over a communications mode other than is used during the second communications session.