Patent ID: 9350687
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for instant messaging transcript sharing for added participants to an instant messaging session, the method comprising: establishing an instant messaging session as between a set of initial parties by an instant messaging server executing in memory of a computer; aggregating postings from the initial parties into a transcript; presenting in a user interface to the instant messaging session an add user dialog comprising controls selectable to determine whether or not to share the entire transcript or only a portion of the transcript with a newly added party to the instant messaging session; adding a new party to the instant messaging session through the instant messaging server; and, sharing only a portion of the transcript in a transcript view for the new party if the controls are selected to share the portion of the transcript, and sharing the entire portion of the transcript in the transcript view for the new party if the controls are selected to share the entire transcript.