Patent ID: 9628417
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for determining and displaying a corrected time of a time included in the text of an instant message, the method comprising the steps of: one or more processors determining that the text of an instant message, sent from a first user to a second user, includes a first time; the one or more processors determining a first time zone corresponding to the first time based, at least in part, on a location of the first user at the time that the instant message was sent to the second user; the one or more processors providing a calendar for the second user, wherein the calendar includes one or more event(s) scheduled for the second user that each include a respectively associated time and time zone; the one or more processors determining a second time zone where the second user is scheduled to be at the first time based, at least in part, on a comparison of the first time to time(s) and respectively associated time zone(s) of event(s) in the second user's calendar that are close to the first time; the one or more processors determining that the first time zone does not match the second time zone; the one or more processors converting the first time to a second time, wherein the second time is the first time converted from the first time zone to the second time zone; the one or more processors obscuring the first time included in the message from the second user; and causing the second time to be displayed in the instant message instead of the obscured first time to the second user as a hyperlink, wherein the hyperlink links to a calendaring program of the second user.