I get a kick out of seeing this: first citation of Microsoft (formerly of UBS, and then Parlano) chat patent 7,512,655 :
“In a method for automatically filtering communications, a networking request from an initiating party on an initiating communication device is received. The networking request pertains to a request for communication between the initiating communication device and a recipient communication device of a user over a communication channel. A determination is made of whether the communication channel to be used for the communication matches a communication channel for a previous communication between the initiating party and the user. It is automatically determined whether to grant the networking request, based at least in part on the determination of whether the communication channel for the communication matches the communication channel for the previous communication between the initiating party and the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.”
at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7512655&OS=7512655&RS=7512655
ahh. Just for fun, thought we’d take a trip on the wayback machine …. http://skypejournal.com/blog/archives/2005/09/skypes_product.php. On a related note, this appears to be a good (and less stale) introductory text. Don’t let the title put you off.
To date, I’m still partial to Vonage. Colleagues and friends at the other end of a Skype call have too poor of connections for my taste. However, toys like this could persuade me otherwise:
(full disclosure: I’m a pretty rabid Panasonic fan. As I look around at years of accumulated gadgets, it’s the Panasonic stuff that lasts the longest in my experience).
The International Association of Software Architects is holding an online e-Summit on collaboration. One of the sessions:
A Framework for Deploying Collaboration Solutions
What methodology should EAs follow when it comes to architecting a collaboration architecture that truly addresses an enterprise’s business priorities? Joe will present key considerations and share his experiences in supporting enterprise architects in several Fortune 500 companies as they developed a collaboration strategy for their enterprise.
Cheers,
Eric
… actually respond with a conscious “Accept” or “Decline” to an Outlook meeting invite?! Ignoring invites and leaving them as passively ‘Tentative’ is among the worst, if more subtle, breaches of online workplace etiquette IMO.
Speaking of which… you know the way when you do consciously set an outlook meeting response to ‘Tentative’, and the meeting organizer gets indication in the calendar entry that “Yes, you might be able to attend.” No no no. That should me “No, but he might be able to attend” or simply “Maybe.”
