Patent ID: 8751572
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling access to a multi-user chat archive, comprising: hosting an ad hoc computer network-based live chat having three or more participants, wherein said hosting comprises: after the live chat between the three or more participants has started receiving from one of the participants a selection of one of the other participants from a participant indicator field; in response to the selection of one of the other participants from the participant indicator field, providing a sidebar window that allows the participant that provided the selection of one of the other participants and the other participant that was selected to engage in a two-user chat in addition to the live chat that includes three or more participants; archiving a record containing text from the live chat in a central location accessible by each of the participants; providing an archive calendar to a requesting participant during the live chat, wherein the archive calendar is displayed within a user interface of the live chat, and wherein the archive calendar enables selection of one or more dates in the archive calendar from the user interface of the live chat during the live chat, the selection enabling identification of a plurality of archived live chat records associated with one or more selected dates; receiving a selection of one or more dates in the archive calendar from the requesting participant; in response to the selection of the one or more dates in the archive calendar from the requesting participant, retrieving the plurality of archived live chat records associated with the selected one or more dates; retrieving at least the text of the plurality of the retrieved archived live chat records, the archived live chat records having the requesting participant as one of the three or more participants, wherein the requesting participant is any one of the three or more participants; and filtering the retrieved plurality of archived live chat records by at least a multimedia component included in the live chat.