[JDEV] OT: AOL Patents IM (Patent creates IM wrinkle )

[Timothy Carpenter]

>From DEC VMS, VAXPHONE giving split screen chat and even multiuser chat (3
way was very usable) ­ could also Œring¹ others across networks. I used this
from 1984.

brgds
Tim

On 17/12/2002 10:33 pm, "Gallo, Felix S." <FGallo at westernasset.com> wrote:

> from the PLATO system, early 1970s: -user-, for seeing
> all the users on the system and being able to start
> TERM-talk with them (I think with just one press of the
> DATA key, but my memory's rusty..)
> 
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Dougal Campbell [mailto:dougal at gunters.org]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 2:00 PM
>> > To: jdev at jabber.org
>> > Subject: Re: [JDEV] OT: AOL Patents IM (Patent creates IM wrinkle )
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Trent Melcher wrote:
>> > 
>>> > > I thought this would be interesting reading.
>>> > > 
>>> > > 
>>> > > 
>> > http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1023-978234.html?type=pt=m
>> <http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1023-978234.html?type=pt&part=m>
> snbc&tag=alert&form=feed&subj=cnetnews
> 
> Without seeing the actual patent application, I'll toss out the prior
> art of using "finger" for presence notification, and the "talk" program
> for instant messages.


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