Patent ID: 8645314
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising computer-readable storage media for communicating interactive forms and reports in instant messaging applications, the apparatus comprising: a processor communicatively connected to the computer-readable storage media; a selection module configured to select an interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) form, the interactive HTML form comprising a plurality of fields into which a recipient can input information about a monitored device monitored by a device monitoring application and hyperlinks displaying configuration and link details of the monitored device; a copy module configured to copy the interactive HTML form and post the interactive HTML form into a clipboard as a HTML object, wherein the HTML object comprises one or more HTML elements renderable by a HTML rendering engine; a paste module configured to automatically paste the HTML object into a data entry field of a first chat instant messaging application; and an injection module configured to inject the HTML object into a message transmission to a second chat instant messaging application such that the interactive HTML form is displayed in a message display field of the second chat instant messaging application that displays messages received from other chat instant messaging applications, allowing the recipient using the second chat instant messaging application to enter the input information about the monitored device and receive the configuration and link details of the monitored device in the plurality of fields in the message display field of the second chat instant messaging application; wherein the recipient of the interactive HTML form may interact with the interactive HTML form as an interactive web page; wherein the interactive HTML form further comprises an interactive control displayed within a messaging window of the second chat instant messaging application, wherein the interactive control is configured to receive indicia of further actions to be performed by the interactive HTML form from a user of the first chat instant messaging application; and wherein the transmission of the interactive HTML form using the first chat instant messaging application and second chat instant messaging application is performed during a single open chat session.