Method and apparatus for on-line chatting
US6434599B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Visitation by a first on-line user to an information page of an information site is facilitated. Dynamic formation of a chat session for the first on-line user and a second on-liner user to chat with each other is also facilitated. The chat session, through which the first and second on-line users chat with each other, is then facilitated. In one embodiment, the chat session including its dynamic formation are facilitated by the information site. In another embodiment, the chat session including its dynamic formation are facilitated by a third party chat server. In one embodiment, the second on-line user is also visiting the same information page. In another embodiment, the second on-line user is merely visiting the same information site. In yet another embodiment, the second on-line user is visiting another information site. In one embodiment, visit by the first on-line user to a new information page of another information site, during the chat session, is also facilitated. In another embodiment, coordinated visit by the second on-line user to the same new information page of the other information site, during the chat session, is also facilitated.
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