Patent Document ID: 7584180
Application ID: 11475898

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for enabling response to a query, the method comprising: receiving a query entered by a first user using a computer system; creating a selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user; causing a scrolling display of other selectable links that are representative of other received queries to be displayed by another computer system; causing the selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user to be added to the scrolling display displayed by the other computer system; receiving, from the other computer system, an indication of a selection, from within the scrolling display and by a second user, of the selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user; in response to receiving the indication of the selection of the selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user, providing a mechanism for responding to the query entered by the first user; and receiving, from the second user, a response to the query entered by the first user using the provided mechanism for responding.

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Claim 12:
12. The method of claim 1 wherein: receiving an indication of a selection, by the first user, of at least one acceptable mechanism for responding to the query entered by the first user comprises receiving an indication of a selection, by the first user, of two or more acceptable mechanisms for responding to the query entered by the first user; providing the at least one acceptable mechanism for responding to the query entered by the first user to the second user comprises providing the two or more acceptable mechanisms for responding to the query entered by the first user to the second user; and receiving a response to the query entered by the first user using the at least one acceptable mechanism for responding to the query entered by the first user comprises: receiving an indication of a selection by the second user of a particular one of the two or more acceptable mechanisms provided to the second user, and receiving a response to the query entered by the first user using the selected particular mechanism.