Method and system for providing user representations in real-time collaboration session participant lists reflecting external communications together with user representations in external communication applications indicating current real-time collaboration session participation

US7949952B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• J. Christopher Hawley · Montrose, US
• Fang Lu · Billerica, US
• Corinne M. Ryan · Westford, US
• Weichuan Dong · Lowell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2007
• Grant date: May 24, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 21, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for providing user representations in real-time collaboration application participant lists reflecting external communications, together with user representations in external communication applications indicating current real-time collaboration session participation. A participant list in a collaboration session represents other participants with whom the local user has recently or frequently communicated in a visually separate area. User representations associated with messages, entries, or the like, and contained in applications external to the collaboration application are displayed in a way that visually indicates the user's current participation in a collaboration session.