Patent ID: 7822822
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of operating an instant messaging service in cooperation with an online event plan manager system, wherein the online event plan manager system is configured to employ an email message format to send invitations to users of the online event plan manager system, the method comprising: receiving information regarding a planned event from an instant messaging client with which an event organizer is associated and, based thereon, providing information indicative of the planned event to the online event plan manager system via a legacy interface associated with the online event plan manager system; receiving information via the legacy interface from the online event plan manager system indicative of the planned event in a native format as maintained by the event plan manager system; and providing invitation instant messages to instant messaging clients with which invitees of the planned event are associated, wherein the invitation instant messages are correlated to the information in the native format indicative of the planned event, and wherein the invitation instant messages are transmitted to the instant messaging clients in accordance with an instant messaging protocol and an instant message format that is different from the email message format the online event plan manager system is configured to employ.