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Real-time chat and conference contact information manager

US7051049B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 2002
Grant dateMay 23, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/107
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An extension or accessory to a real-time, online virtual collaboration session, meeting and messaging system, which scans a participant's contact list for partially complete contact records, accesses an administered contact information store such as a corporate personnel contact database, and completes the partially complete records in the participant's contact list. This enables each participant in such an online meeting or conversation to rely upon his or her contact list to contain a consistent level of information regarding each participant in previously conducted meetings and conversations, avoids the entry of inaccurate and deceptive participant information into the contact list, and allows for reliable communication to the members of a participant's contact list.

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