Patent ID: 8275832

Claim:
A method comprising: a computer displaying an instant messaging chat transcript; the computer receiving a first segment of text displayed within the instant messaging chat transcript, an identifier of a first application, an identifier of a user of the first application, and an identifier of a location at which to receive the first segment of text in a first application display; the computer assigning a first queue number to the first segment of text; the computer inserting, into a table, the first queue number, the first segment of text, the identifier of the first application, the identifier of the user of the first application, and the identifier of the location at which to receive the first segment of text in a first application display; and the computer determining that an instance of the first application corresponding to the identifier of the first application and the identifier of the user of the first application is started, and in response, the computer removing the first segment of text from the table and the computer sending the first segment of text to a location within a display of the instance of the first application corresponding to the location at which to receive the first segment of text in a first application display.