US 7,483,899 B2
Conversation persistence in real-time collaboration system
Richard Edmond Berry, Georgetown, Tex. (US); Yen-Fu Chen, Austin, Tex. (US); John Hans Handy-Bosma, Cedar Park, Tex. (US); Peter Y. Hsu, Austin, Tex. (US); Mei Y Selvage, Austin, Tex. (US); Alan R. Tannenbaum, Austin, Tex. (US); Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple, Hellidon (United Kingdom); and Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, Tex. (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/32,848.
Prior Publication US 2006/0155785 A1, Jul. 13, 2006
Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 707—10  [707/104.1] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
persistently storing a transcript of real-time collaboration system messages for a first conversation thread in a first real-time collaboration system user interface, said first thread having a beginning point and an ending point and a series of messages therebetween;
allowing a user to specify conditions for a messaging client to automatically insert a continuation point between two messages within said first thread;
displaying an indicator proximate to an entry for said first conversation thread in said first real-time collaboration system user interface, said entry being shown in a hierarchical list of organized subjects of conversations, said indicator indicating storage of said transcript from said first conversation thread;
upon operation of said indicator, automatically retrieving said stored transcript, and copying a portion of said first thread into a second real-time collaboration system user interface, said copied portion being defined by two points selected from a group comprising said beginning point, said continuation point, and said ending point; and
appending newly authored and received messages in said second user interface to said copied portion of said first thread, wherein a second thread of conversation is provided in said second user interface having said copied portion of said first conversation thread, wherein said copied portion allows a user to be refreshed of a context of said first conversation thread.