User interface for a communication suite
First Claim
1. A system for integrating communication services, comprising:
- a plurality of communication suites of communication services, each respective communication suite comprising;
at least one of a plurality of communications accounts, each communications account associated with one of a plurality of communications services, the plurality of communications services comprising a first communications service; and
a respective option configuration, the respective option configuration comprising at least one configurable option for the first communications service; and
a first graphical display area to display information associated with the first communications service, wherein the first graphical display area displays the information in accordance with the respective option configuration of the respective communication suite of a user that is actively utilizing said one of a plurality of communications accounts associated with the respective communication suite.
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Abstract
Embodiments, among others, of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for integrating communication services. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. An association of communications services is created. Accordingly, options are specified for a first communication services this is included in the association. Therefore, when one of the communication services in the association is actively utilized by a user, then the specified options are implemented for the first communications service in a first graphical display area for the first communications service. Other systems and methods are provided.
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34 Claims
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1. A system for integrating communication services, comprising:
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a plurality of communication suites of communication services, each respective communication suite comprising;
at least one of a plurality of communications accounts, each communications account associated with one of a plurality of communications services, the plurality of communications services comprising a first communications service; and
a respective option configuration, the respective option configuration comprising at least one configurable option for the first communications service; and
a first graphical display area to display information associated with the first communications service, wherein the first graphical display area displays the information in accordance with the respective option configuration of the respective communication suite of a user that is actively utilizing said one of a plurality of communications accounts associated with the respective communication suite. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communications user interface, comprising:
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a plurality of personas, each persona comprising at least one communication account of a first communications service, wherein each persona is an association of at least one communication account of a respective user;
a message retrieval component operable to retrieve a plurality of messages for a plurality of communications accounts of a plurality of users for the first communications service; and
a user interface logic operable to cause messages for a first persona to be separately displayed from other messages associated with other personas. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for integrating communications services, comprising:
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means for associating a first communications account of a first communications service with a first identifier;
means for associating a second communications account of a second communications service with the first identifier;
means for associating a first options configuration with the first identifier, the first options configuration comprising at least one configurable option for the first communications service;
means for associating a third communications account of the first communication service with a second identifier;
means for detecting that one of the communications accounts associated with the first identifier is being actively utilized;
means for displaying, upon detection, in a large display area, information received from the first communications service via the first communications account according to the first options configuration; and
means for restricting, upon detection, the display of information associated with the third communications account to a small display area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A system for integrating communication services, comprising:
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means for associating a plurality of communications accounts with a first identifier;
means for associating an options configuration with the first identifier, wherein the options configuration includes at least one configurable setting option related to a first communications service;
means for detecting that one of the plurality of communications accounts associated with the first identifier is being actively utilized; and
means for implementing, upon detection, the options configuration associated with the first identifier.
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18. A method for integrating communications services, comprising the steps of:
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associating a first communications account of a first communications service with a first identifier;
associating a second communications account of a second communications service with the first identifier;
associating a first options configuration with the first identifier, the first options configuration comprising at least one configurable option for the first communications service;
associating a third communications account of the first communication service with a second identifier;
detecting that one of the communications accounts associated with the first identifier is being actively utilized;
upon detection, displaying in a large display area, information received from the first communications service via the first communications account according to the first options configuration; and
upon detection restricting the display of information associated with the third communications account to a small display area. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for integrating communication services, comprising the steps of:
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associating a plurality of communications accounts with a first identifier;
associating an options configuration with the first identifier, wherein the options configuration includes at least one configurable setting option related to a first communications service;
detecting that one of the plurality of communications accounts associated with the first identifier is being actively utilized; and
upon detection, implementing the options configuration associated with the first identifier. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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