Microsoft "activity monitoring" patent. Are you typing now?
"Bob Wyman" <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:43:04 -0500
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C2D1CB.1F63DDC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today, Microsoft received a patent on "Activity Monitoring" for Instant Messaging systems. This patent would seem to cover the MSN Messenger messages that say: "Sally is typing now..." =20 See: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=3D6519639 United States Patent 6,519,639 Microsoft, February 11, 2003 =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- System and method for activity monitoring and reporting in a computer network=20 Abstract A system for monitoring user activity in an instant messaging session on a computer network periodically sends an activity message to other participants in the instant messaging session if the user has actively entered data during a first predetermined time interval. The system periodically sends a new activity message at intervals corresponding to the first predetermined time interval so long as the user is actively entering data during each time interval. If the user has not entered data during the first predetermined time interval, the system will not send an activity message. Other participants in the instant messaging session receive the activity message and generate an activity indicator on their respective displays. The computer receiving the activity message displays an activity indicator on the computer display in response to receipt of an activity message and starts a timer to measure a second predetermined time interval. If another activity message is not received within the second predetermined time interval, the activity indicator is deleted from the display.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C2D1CB.1F63DDC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D796292717-11022003>Today, = Microsoft=20 received a patent on "Activity Monitoring" for Instant Messaging = systems. This=20 patent would seem to cover the MSN Messenger messages that say: "Sally = is typing=20 now..."</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D796292717-11022003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D796292717-11022003>See:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=3D6519639"= >http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=3D6519639</A><BR>= United=20 States Patent 6,519,639 Microsoft, February 11, 2003=20 <BR>---------------------------------------------------------------= -----------------<BR>System=20 and method for activity monitoring and reporting in a computer network=20 <BR><BR>Abstract<BR>A system for monitoring user activity in an instant=20 messaging session on a computer network periodically sends an activity = message=20 to other participants in the instant messaging session if the user has = actively=20 entered data during a first predetermined time interval. The system = periodically=20 sends a new activity message at intervals corresponding to the first=20 predetermined time interval so long as the user is actively entering = data during=20 each time interval. If the user has not entered data during the first=20 predetermined time interval, the system will not send an activity = message. Other=20 participants in the instant messaging session receive the activity = message and=20 generate an activity indicator on their respective displays. The = computer=20 receiving the activity message displays an activity indicator on the = computer=20 display in response to receipt of an activity message and starts a timer = to=20 measure a second predetermined time interval. If another activity = message is not=20 received within the second predetermined time interval, the activity = indicator=20 is deleted from the display. <BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C2D1CB.1F63DDC0--