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

[Pete Chown]

I used a system in 1990 (on MVS of all things) that provided this type of feature. When you logged on to the mainframe it displayed a "buddy list" showing who of your friends was online. You could also ask for the list to be repeated later if you wanted. It was of course updated to reflect anyone who had logged on or off in the meantime.

If you saw someone that you wanted to talk to, you then used a separate command to send them a message. There was also a command that would display profile information about the user.

The mainframe that this ran on has long since been scrapped, but if anyone gets sued over this patent I should still be able to find the people concerned in running it.

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Pete

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