Patent ID: 8990314
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: engaging in real-time communications using a first application, the first application executing on at least one computing system, the real-time communications being arranged to involve a plurality of participants, the plurality of participants including a first participant and a second participant, the first application being an instant messaging (IM) application; determining whether the second participant dynamically grants permissions that enable the first participant to interact with a tool associated with the second participant; dynamically granting permissions that enable the second participant to interact with a tool associated with the first participant if the second participant dynamically grants the permissions that enable the first participant to the tool associated with the second participant, the permissions that enable the second participant to interact with the tool associated with the first participant being dynamically granted using the first application, the tool associated with the first participant being arranged to be interacted with by the second participant using the first application if the second participant dynamically grants the permissions that enable the first participant to interact with the tool associated with the second participant; dynamically granting permissions that enable the second participant to view the tool associated with the first participant if the second participant denies the permissions that enable the first participant to access the tool associated with the second participant; and denying the permissions that enable the second participant to interact with the tool associated with the first participant if the second participant denies the permissions that enable the first participant to interact with the tool associated with the second participant.