Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Allow hidden and silent observers in a group conversation
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Application No.: US14642981Application Date: 2015-03-10
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Publication No.: US09912618B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Ho Yin Lee , Hon Chung Tang , Ka Chun Wong , Wing Kong Yip
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Patricia B. Feighan
- Main IPC: H04L12/58
- IPC: H04L12/58 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A method to enable a participant within a plurality of participants in an online group conversation to add at least one additional participant as an observer to the online group conversation is provided. The method may include receiving a request to add the observer to the online group conversation. The method may include adding the observer to the online group conversation. The method may also include detecting a message being sent from the added observer. The method may include redirecting the detected message to the enabled participant. The method may also include displaying the redirected message in a user interface (UI) to the enabled participant. The method may further include detecting a modification or a deletion of the displayed redirected message by the enabled participant. The method may include sending the message to the plurality of participants, whereby the sent message is in an original format or a modified format.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160269452A1 ALLOW HIDDEN AND SILENT OBSERVERS IN A GROUP CONVERSATION Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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