Patent ID: 9237237
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented system for providing messages to users in a discussion group, comprising: a message server to monitor discussion groups, each discussion group associated with a list of signed-on users; a request module to receive a request from a user to join one of the discussion groups; a verification module to verify an identity of the user; a control module to add the user to the requested discussion group as a signed-on user by adding an entry for the user on the list of the requested discussion group upon verification of the user identity; a delivery module to transmit messages received from one or more of the signed-on users in the requested discussion group to at least one of the other signed-on users in the requested discussion group; a database to store copies of the transmitted messages; and a playback module to access one or more of the stored copies for playback to one of the signed-on users.