Dialog facilitation system for generating contextual order-preserving dialog postings and posting summaries from electronic messages
US7082458B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/107
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A dialog facilitator for preserving the spatial and temporal context of a dialog composed of a plurality of postings. The postings are packaged into messages having extended header information which are sent and received using a conventional messaging system. The dialog facilitator retrieves messages from the conventional messaging system, and uses information contained in the messages to populate a posting and a posting summary. Each posting contains detail information and an identifier uniquely identifying the posting., and each posting summary contains the posting identifier, content description information, and referential information identifying a relationship between postings. The referential information identifies whether the posting is related to other postings in the dialog store. Related posting include a commonly assigned dialog identifier. A media coordinator is provided for graphically depicting the spatial and temporal context of a selected dialog posting in relation to other postings belonging to a given dialog.
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