Patent ID: 7188140

Claim:
A method for providing persistent communications, the method comprising: via a session manager, the session manager comprising a repository, the repository containing therein instant messaging aliases and user IP addresses: providing a persistent communication session for one or more online communications originating from at least one message sender and destined for at least one message recipient, the persistent communication session not comprising any voice communication, the persistent communication session not comprising text to speech applications; and providing access to the persistent communication session on a persistent basis, the session manager adapted to allow the at least one message sender and the at least one message recipient to independently access the persistent communication session without the persistent communication session restarting, the session manager adapted to maintain the persistent communication session in a static condition when no communications are received, the session manager adapted to update the persistent communication session on a real-time basis when communications are received and the at least one message sender and the at least one message recipient are online, the session manager adapted to continue the persistent communication session without restarting when no sender and no recipient are online, the session manager adapted to provide the at least one message sender and the at least one message recipient with a representation of past activity of the persistent communication session upon access to the persistent communication session, wherein the persistent communication session comprises a plurality of frames, the plurality of frames comprising a message frame, an attachment frame, and a doodling frame.