INSTANT MESSAGING TRANSMISSION AND DISPLAY

• US 20110082906A1
• Filed: 10/02/2009
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kreig, Michael P., Murphy, Thomas E. JR.
• Application Number:
  US12/572,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20110082906A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

A method of enhanced message transmission includes receiving an anchor message request, the anchor message request referring to a message for transmission, embedding a logical anchor in the message for transmission to form an anchored message, the logical anchor referring to a portion of the message for transmission to be anchored inside or outside a displayable area of a messaging client, and transmitting the anchored message.

Claims

1. A method of enhanced message transmission, comprising:

receiving an anchor message request, the anchor message request referring to a message for transmission;

embedding a logical anchor in the message for transmission to form an anchored message, the logical anchor referring to a portion of the message for transmission to be anchored inside or outside a displayable area of a messaging client; and

transmitting the anchored message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the anchor message request is issued by a user of a transmitting messaging client, to the transmitting messaging client.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the logical anchor is configured such that a beginning portion of the anchored message is displayed first at a receiving messaging client.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the logical anchor is configured such that a portion of the message for transmission displayed at the transmitting messaging client is not displayed at a receiving messaging client.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the logical anchor is configured such that a portion of the message for transmission not displayed at the transmitting messaging client is displayed at a receiving messaging client.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the logical anchor is a segment of computer code embedded within the message for transmission.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the segment of computer code is embedded within a header, trailer, or footer of the anchored message.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the segment of computer code is included within text of the anchored message.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the segment of computer code includes control characters marking a beginning of displayable text or non-displayable text.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the segment of computer code includes computer executable code referring to displayable text or non-displayable text.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the segment of computer code includes control characters surrounding displayable text or non-displayable text.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the logical anchor is a segment of computer code embedded within the received message.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the segment of computer code is embedded within a header, trailer, or footer of the received message.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the segment of computer code is included within text of the received message.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the segment of computer code includes control characters marking a beginning of displayable text or non-displayable text.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the segment of computer code includes computer executable code referring to displayable text or non-displayable text.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the segment of computer code includes control characters surrounding displayable text or non-displayable text.

12. A method of enhanced message receipt, comprising:

receiving a message at a messaging client;

determining if a logical anchor is embedded within the received message, the logical anchor referring to a portion of the received message to be anchored inside or outside a displayable area of the messaging client; and

displaying the received message in response to the determining.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the received message includes an embedded logical anchor.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the logical anchor is configured such that a beginning portion of the received message is displayed first at the messaging client.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the logical anchor is configured such that an ending portion of the received portion is displayed first at the messaging client.

22. A computer readable storage medium including computer executable instructions that, when executed on a computer processor, direct the computer processor to perform a method of enhanced message transmission, comprising:

receiving an anchor message request, the anchor message request referring to a message for transmission;

embedding a logical anchor in the message for transmission to form an anchored message, the logical anchor referring to a portion of the message for transmission to be anchored inside or outside a displayable area of a messaging client; and

transmitting the anchored message.

23. A computer readable storage medium including computer executable instructions that, when executed on a computer processor, direct the computer processor to perform a method of enhanced message receipt, comprising:

receiving a message at a messaging client;

determining if a logical anchor is embedded within the received message, the logical anchor referring to a portion of the received message to be anchored inside or outside a displayable area of the messaging client; and

displaying the received message in response to the determining.