Patent ID: 9100219
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for electronic instant message conversation, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at a second unidentified client, a first message to be published from a first client to subscribers including said first client, the first message related to a topic of interest, the first client having a first network address, the first message including a request and being directed through a pub/sub service, the second client being a subscriber to the service of the pub/sub service as being willing to receive messages related to the topic of interest and being anonymous to the first client and said other subscribers of the pub/sub service and being unaddressed by the first client, said anonymous subscribers known only to said pub/sub service; after receiving said first message at said second client, filtering at said second client the message received from said first client, said filtering passing messages of specific interest to said second client such that said first message and the included request have to pass the filtering in order for the second client to see the request; in the event that the message passes said filtering at said second client, creating at the second client, a second message, the second message comprising the first message and the first network address, said first message in said second message providing context to said second message and including further information pursuant to said specific interest in said first message; transmitting the second message by way of an instant message application from the second client to the first client; retrieving additional information related to the second client; and presenting the second message and the additional information at the first client; said second client remaining anonymous to the first client and other subscribers after said transmission of said second messages to the first client.