	US 12,192,019 B2
	Integrated and interactive chat suite
Xiaoxiao Shen, Princeton, NJ (US)
Assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, NJ (US)
Filed by The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/387,226.
Application 18/387,226 is a continuation of application No. 17/839,621, filed on Jun. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,843,470.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/210,303, filed on Jun. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073052 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 12/1822 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A system for chat-based studies utilizing a plurality of users, the system comprising:

at least one chat room processor configured to:

create a plurality of chat rooms based on a chat room template, the chat room template including one or more instructions and one or more questions or prompts for each chat room of a plurality of chat rooms;

assign participants to one chat room of the plurality of chat rooms, each participant being one of the plurality of users;

for each chat room, provide the one or more instructions associated with the chat room when all participants assigned to the chat room are present in the chat room; and

for each chat room, provide the one or more questions or prompts associated with the chat room at times defined by the chat room template or when conditions defined by the chat room template are met.