1.pre An on-line chatting method Discloses clients’ use of a “URL for WEB page” to comprising: communicate, including chatting. See 9:2,10, 19. 1.a. facilitating visit by a first on- Discloses a valve or information page that indicates other line user to an information page current users. “A chat button in this embodiment provided of an information site; in control panel 41 allows a client to view a list of other clients viewing valve page 51 who are engaged in active chat, if any.” See 9:21-23. 1.b. facilitating dynamic Discloses clients viewing the same page having the ability formation of a chat session to initiate a chat session in that if “there are clients viewing unaffiliated with any pre- the same page but no active chat session, any of the established chat room for said viewing clients may request a chat session, and the others first on-line user and a second on- will then be notified by some convention, and may enter a line user to chat with each other; newly activated chat session.” See 9:34-37. and 1.c. facilitating said chat session Discloses users with specific IDs ability to interact with through which said first and each other in the chat environment in that “[f]or a chat second on-line users chat with session a chat dialog box 47 appears allowing text chat each other. with, in this instance, clients Joe D and Jane S. Names (or more general IDs) of clients will, of course, appear and disappear from windows 43 and 45 according to how they operate in the chat environment.” See 9:40-44. 19.pre An information server Discloses an information server connecting clients stating comprising: that “in preferred embodiments the service-control server initiates a chat session among client platforms having a connection to the first WAN-connected site as reported by respective enhanced browser extensions at the client platforms. The server may be connected to multiple chat servers for organization and control of chat sessions.” See 4:10-16. 19.a. a plurality of information Discloses a client’s computer being notified of new chat pages to be selectively provided session activation. See supra Claim 1.b. to a client computer responsive to the client computer's request; and 19.b. a first script/applet to be Discloses information that varies depending on clients’ included with a responsive interaction. See Claim 1.c. information page to enable the client computer to initiate Further discloses enabling a client to initiate a new chat dynamic formation of a chat session. See Claim 1.b. session unaffiliated with any pre- established chat room for a user of the client computer to chat with a second user of interest, also visiting the information server.
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http://patroll.unifiedpatents.com 24.pre A client computer Discloses a server interacting with client computers. See comprising: Claim 1.b. 24.a. a first script/applet to enable Discloses communication between client computers. See the client computer to monitor Claim 1.b. and report to a third party chat server visits by the client computer to information servers; 24.b. a second script/applet to Discloses noting which clients are available for chat enable the client computer to depending on his/her interest. See supra Claim 1.c. initiate dynamic formation of a chat session unaffiliated with any Further discloses the initiation of a chat session. See supra pre-established chat rooms for a Claim 1.b. user of the client computer to chat with a second user of interest visiting one of the information servers.