Method and apparatus for management of a primary buddy list in an instant messaging system
First Claim
1. A method for organizing user information in an instant messaging application, the method comprising:
- displaying information associated with a buddy object within a first window of the instant messaging application, wherein a buddy object represents a user of an instant messaging application;
receiving a request from a user to designate the buddy object as a primary buddy object; and
in response to receiving the request from the user, displaying information associated with the buddy object in a second window of the instant messaging application, wherein the second window contains information associated with primary buddy objects.
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Abstract
A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product are presented for organizing user information in an instant messaging application through the use of buddy lists and primary buddy lists. Buddy lists contain buddy objects that represent buddies in an instant messaging system, i.e. other users of an instant messaging system that are known to a particular user. Information that is associated with a buddy object is displayed within a first window of the instant messaging application. At some point in time, a user requests to designate the buddy object as a primary buddy object, and in response, information associated with the buddy object is then displayed in a second window of the instant messaging application which contains information associated with primary buddy objects. User requests to put a buddy in a primary buddy list may be performed through a variety of operations.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for organizing user information in an instant messaging application, the method comprising:
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displaying information associated with a buddy object within a first window of the instant messaging application, wherein a buddy object represents a user of an instant messaging application;
receiving a request from a user to designate the buddy object as a primary buddy object; and
in response to receiving the request from the user, displaying information associated with the buddy object in a second window of the instant messaging application, wherein the second window contains information associated with primary buddy objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for organizing user information in an instant messaging application, the apparatus comprising:
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means for displaying information associated with a buddy object within a first window of the instant messaging application, wherein a buddy object represents a user of an instant messaging application;
means for receiving a request from a user to designate the buddy object as a primary buddy object; and
means for displaying information associated with the buddy object in a second window of the instant messaging application in response to receiving the request from the user, wherein the second window contains information associated with primary buddy objects. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for organizing user information in an instant messaging application in a data processing system, the computer program product comprising:
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means for displaying information associated with a buddy object within a first window of the instant messaging application, wherein a buddy object represents a user of an instant messaging application;
means for receiving a request from a user to designate the buddy object as a primary buddy object; and
means for displaying information associated with the buddy object in a second window of the instant messaging application in response to receiving the request from the user, wherein the second window contains information associated with primary buddy objects. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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