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Instant messaging server providing multiple types of chat rooms

US12348470B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 2023
Grant dateJul 1, 2025
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2141
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are an instant messaging server providing a plurality of types of chat rooms, and a method of operating the instant messaging server. The method includes storing chat data transmitted and received in a first type chat room in a shared drive corresponding to an administrator with a first type account having an authority to manage the chat room, receiving, from a participant participating in a chat room, a request for previous chat data transmitted and received in the chat room before the participant started participating, and providing the previous chat data stored in the shared drive to the participant based on an access authority of the shared drive set in response to a chat room type.

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