MANAGING INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS ON MULTIPLE DEVICES
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Abstract
Transferring instant messaging sessions includes receiving a selection, from a user within a user interface, of at least one instant messaging session from among multiple instant messaging sessions to transfer from a first instant messaging controller on a first device to at least a second instant messaging controller on a second device, where the user is signed on concurrently to the first instant messaging controller on the first device and the second instant messaging controller on the second device. At least a portion of the selected instant messaging session is transferred from the first instant messaging controller on the first device to the second instant messaging controller on the second device and the transferred portion of the instant messaging session is made perceivable on the second instant messaging controller on the second device.
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56 Claims
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21. A method for transferring instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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while a user is signed on concurrently to both a first instant messaging controller on a first device and a second instant messaging controller on a second device and while the user is engaged in at least one ongoing instant messaging session on the first instant messaging controller on the first device, receiving a selection from the user to transfer the instant messaging session from the first instant messaging controller on the first device to the second instant messaging controller on the second device; responsive to the received user selection, transferring at least a portion of the selected instant messaging session from the first instant messaging controller on the first device to the second instant messaging controller on the second device; and enabling perception, on the second instant messaging controller on the second device, of the transferred portion of the instant messaging session. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method for replicating instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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receiving a first indication that a user has signed on to an instant messaging system using a first device; establishing multiple instant messaging sessions on the first device between the user and other users; receiving a second indication that the user has signed on to the instant messaging system using a second device; while the user is signed on to the instant messaging system on both the first device and the second device, receiving an indication of a selection by the user of at least one instant messaging session from among the instant messaging sessions on the first device to replicate on the second device; and replicating at least a portion of the selected instant messaging session on the second device.
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46. A method for replicating instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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establishing, on a first device of a user, multiple instant messaging sessions between the user and other users; receiving an indication of a selection, by the user, of at least two instant messaging sessions from the instant messaging sessions on the first device to replicate on at least a second device; and replicating at least portions of the selected instant messaging sessions on the second device.
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47. A method for replicating instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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conditioning whether to present, to a user, a listing of multiple instant messaging sessions based on detection of the user being signed on to an instant messaging system on three or more devices concurrently; receiving an indication of a selection by the user of at least one instant messaging session on a first device from among the listing of multiple instant messaging sessions to replicate on at least a second device; and replicating at least a portion of the selected instant messaging session from the first device on the second device.
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48. A method for replicating instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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establishing an instant messaging session on a first device between the user and another user; receiving an indication of a request by the user to replicate the established instant messaging session on a second device; replicating at least a portion of the established instant messaging session on the second device; and making the replicated portion of the instant messaging session perceivable on the second device to the exclusion of being perceivable on the first device. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50)
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51. A method for replicating instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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establishing an instant messaging session on a first device between the user and another user; receiving an indication of a request by the user to replicate the established instant messaging session on a second device; replicating at least a portion of the established instant messaging session on the second device; making the replicated portion of the instant messaging session perceivable on the second device; and conditioning whether to present, on a third device, menu options that enable selection of at least one other device on which to replicate the instant messaging session based on a sign on to an instant messaging service at the third device.
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52. A method for replicating instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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establishing, on a first device of a user, multiple instant messaging sessions between the user and other users; receiving an indication of a selection of at least one instant messaging session from among the instant messaging sessions on the first device to replicate on at least a second device; enabling the user to select a portion of the selected instant messaging session for replication; and replicating the selected portion of the selected instant messaging session on the second device.
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53. A method for replicating instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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establishing, on a first device of a user, multiple instant messaging sessions between the user and other users; presenting, to the user, an interface that includes identifiers for at least two of the instant messaging sessions on the first device that indicate that the at least two instant messaging sessions on the first device are available to be replicated to a second device; receiving an indication of a selection, by the user, of one of the at least two instant messaging sessions to replicate on the second device; and replicating at least a portion of the selected instant messaging session on the second device.
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54. A method for replicating instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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establishing, on a first device of a user of an instant messaging system, one or more instant messaging sessions between the user and other users; receiving an indication that the user has signed on to the instant messaging system on a second device; and responsive to receiving the indication that the user has signed on to the instant messaging system on the second device, presenting, to the user, an interface that includes an identifier for at least one of the instant messaging sessions on the first device that indicates that the at least one instant messaging session on the first device is available to be replicated to a second device. - View Dependent Claims (55)
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56. A method for replicating instant messaging sessions, the method comprising:
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establishing, on a first device of a user of an instant messaging system, one or more instant messaging sessions between the user and other users; determining that the user also is signed on to the instant messaging system on at least a second device and a third device; and responsive to determining that the user also is signed on to the instant messaging system on at least a second device and a third device, prompting the user to determine if the user desires to replicate at least one of the instant messaging sessions from the first device on one or more of the second device and the third device.
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