Multi-conversation instant messaging
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1. A method implemented in an application executing on a computing device associated with a user, the method facilitating multiple simultaneous instant messaging conversations, the method comprising:
- receiving a first online instant message from a first instant messaging conversation, the user a participant in the first instant messaging conversation;
receiving a second online instant message from a second instant messaging conversation, the user a participant in the second instant messaging conversation;
integrating the first online instant message and the second online instant message into a first sequence of instant messages; and
displaying the first sequence of instant messages on a display associated with the computing device, the displaying such that more recently received instant messages are displayed one of below and above less recently received instant messages, in the plane of the display.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for integrating and displaying multiple instant messaging conversations in a single sequence are described.
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1. A method implemented in an application executing on a computing device associated with a user, the method facilitating multiple simultaneous instant messaging conversations, the method comprising:
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receiving a first online instant message from a first instant messaging conversation, the user a participant in the first instant messaging conversation;
receiving a second online instant message from a second instant messaging conversation, the user a participant in the second instant messaging conversation;
integrating the first online instant message and the second online instant message into a first sequence of instant messages; and
displaying the first sequence of instant messages on a display associated with the computing device, the displaying such that more recently received instant messages are displayed one of below and above less recently received instant messages, in the plane of the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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