Patent ID: 9634967
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: allowing communications between a first instant messaging user interface and a first server having an instant messaging gateway service, the first instant messaging user interface rendered at a client on a webpage using software code embedded in the webpage; establishing an anonymous instant messenger account for a first user, the first user using the first instant messaging user interface; sending a request to a web-based instant messaging server, the request initiating an instant messaging session with a second instant messaging user interface, the request requiring a permission to receive presence information of a second user, the second user using the second instant messaging user interface, the web-based instant messaging server allowing the second user to log in at least one instant messaging account and updating the second instant messaging user interface with the information from the at least one messaging account, the second user prompted to respond to the request subsequent to a determination that the second user is using the second instant messaging interface; and assigning a unique identifier to the client.