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System for chat network search notifying user of changed-status chat network meeting user-tailored input predetermined parameters relating to search preferences

  • US 6,564,244 B1
  • Filed: 08/30/1999
  • Issued: 05/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. For utilization by a communication system comprising user terminals connected to a network, wherein a plurality of the user terminals share at least one of a plurality of virtual spaces, establishing at least one chat network active for simultaneous bi-directional communication, a chat network search method comprising steps of:

  • storing at least one chat network search preference linked to at least one user terminal;

    monitoring a status of the at least one chat network for changes according to predetermined parameters related to the at least one chat network search preference and, in response to every occurring status change, storing chat network status information signaling a changed-status chat network;

    determining, based upon the stored chat network status information, whether a changed-status chat network meets the at least one chat network search preference linked to the at least one user terminal; and

    notifying the at least one user of any changed status chat network meeting the chat network search preference linked to the at least one user terminal.

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