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Method of authorizing receipt of instant messages by a recipient user

  • US 6,993,564 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2000
  • Issued: 01/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an instant messaging system, a method of controlling instant messaging access, by the steps of:

  • generating a recipient user controlled instant messaging contact list;

    segmenting the recipient user controlled instant messaging contact list into a plurality of segmented contact lists;

    selection by the recipient user of various ones of the segmented contact lists and specifying a message category membership in each segmented contact list as a technique of specifying accessibility levels to messages of selected segments of the user controlled instant messaging contact list.

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