Patent ID: 11863505
Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for managing communications in a message communication system implemented through a host instant messaging (IM) application, the method comprising:
providing shared communication with a plurality of users of the host IM application, the shared communication including a communication thread having a plurality of items;
providing a routine to allow each of the users to privately select multiple ones of the plurality of items and provide individual ones of the selected multiple ones with a user selectable label;
providing a routine to form groups of the items sharing the same label;
providing a routine to allow each of the users to privately annotate each of the groups of the items sharing the same label;
providing a routine to allow each of the users to privately add a comment to each of the groups of the items sharing the same label;
providing a routine that allows each of the users to privately store the selected multiple ones of the plurality of items, the labels, the groups, the annotations and the comments without requiring sending thereof to other ones of the users; and
providing a routine to provide a capability of expanding the plurality of users in a conversation thread so as to include more than two users.