SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THREADS IN A NETWORK CHAT ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A system and method is provided for managing conversation threads (520) in a chat room (505) operating in a network chat environment. A chat controller (120) provides an exchange of information in the form of a plurality of chat lines between a plurality of chat clients registered with a chat room (505). A thread management controller (130) determines one or more associations between the chat lines and identifies one or more threads (520) corresponding to the associations. The threads management controller (130) further assigns each of the chat lines to one of the threads (520).