Patent ID: 8812527
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of augmenting an instant message session comprising a real-time, text dialog among a plurality of participants, the plurality of participants having respective computing devices displaying respective windows containing the text dialog of the instant message session, the method comprising the steps of: a computer determining a key word in the text dialog of the instant message session, and searching the Internet or an intranet for an electronic bulletin board having a post or subject description containing the key word, and in response in part to identifying the key word in the post or subject description of the electronic bulletin board, the computer entering a hyperlink for the electronic bulletin board into the windows of the instant message session such that the participants of the instant message session can click-on the hyperlink to access the electronic bulletin board, the electronic bulletin board being separate from the instant message session; the computer determining a conversion rate for selecting the hyperlink of the post; the computer determining the conversion rate fails to satisfy a threshold value; and based on the conversion rate failing to satisfy the threshold value, the computer removing the hyperlink from the windows of the instant message session such that the participants of the instant message session no longer can click-on the hyperlink to access the electronic bulletin board.