Systems and methods for event stream management

[0020]To provide an overall understanding of the invention, certain illustrative embodiments will now be described, including systems and methods for managing electronic event streams, such as electronic messaging conversations. However, it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the systems and methods described herein may be adapted and modified as is appropriate for the application being addressed and that the systems and methods described herein may be employed in other suitable applications, and that such other additions and modifications will not depart from the scope thereof.

[0021]Overview

[0022]Aspects of the invention relate to methods and systems for managing electronic event streams, such as persistent electronic messaging conversations, e.g., Short Message Service (SMS), chat room conversations, ICQ conversations, or similar conversations, such as conversations conducted via the GOOGLE+ or GOOGLE TALK software platforms made available by Google Inc., of M