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Following content item updates via chat groups

US8782145B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 2010
Grant dateJul 15, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/1813
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A content item hosted by a content item source (such as a weblog post of a weblog) may receive updates (e.g., comments submitted by users), and may be discussed among users in a chat group of a chat service. The content item source and the chat service may coordinate to notify users of updates to the content item, and to share content regarding the content item. When a user requests to subscribe to updates of the content item, the content item source may invite the user to join a chat group of the chat service created for discussion of the content item. Additionally, updates to the content item received by the content item source may be automatically posted as messages in the chat group, and messages posted in the chat group regarding the content item may be automatically posted as updates to the content item at the content item source.

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