INSTANT MESSAGE ARCHIVE VIEWING
First Claim
1. A method of displaying a conversation history that is associated with a first user and a second user of an instant messaging service, the method comprising:
- opening a conversation history window;
receiving first input that indicates the second user'"'"'s intent to scroll through the conversation history window;
in response to the first input, displaying a first portion of the conversation history in the conversation history window;
wherein the conversation history comprises a plurality of communications that were sent between the first user and the second user using the instant messaging service;
wherein the first portion represents a subset of the plurality of communications that were sent during a particular time period, wherein the first portion excludes data from the subset;
in response to receiving second input, displaying a second portion of the conversation history in the conversation history window;
wherein the second portion represents a particular subset of the subset, wherein the second portion includes more data from the particular subset than the first portion.
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Abstract
Techniques for traversing a conversation history between a first user and a second user are provided. A window is displayed that is used to send messages from the second user to the first user. The window includes a conversation history window. The second user scrolls through the conversation history (associated with the first user) to find a particular message that was sent between the first user and the second user. In response, a plurality of capsules is displayed. Each capsule represents messages that were sent during a particular time period (e.g., a one month period). One or more of the capsules may be expanded to display: (a) additional capsules of finer time granularity (e.g., one week) or (b) actual messages. Each capsule may display text or graphics that clue the second user as to the messages that were sent during the time range represented by the corresponding capsule.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of displaying a conversation history that is associated with a first user and a second user of an instant messaging service, the method comprising:
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opening a conversation history window; receiving first input that indicates the second user'"'"'s intent to scroll through the conversation history window; in response to the first input, displaying a first portion of the conversation history in the conversation history window; wherein the conversation history comprises a plurality of communications that were sent between the first user and the second user using the instant messaging service; wherein the first portion represents a subset of the plurality of communications that were sent during a particular time period, wherein the first portion excludes data from the subset; in response to receiving second input, displaying a second portion of the conversation history in the conversation history window; wherein the second portion represents a particular subset of the subset, wherein the second portion includes more data from the particular subset than the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27)
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11. A method of displaying a conversation history that is associated with a first user and a second user of a messaging service, the method comprising:
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receiving an instruction to open a window for interacting with the first user; in response to receiving the instruction, opening the window, wherein the window includes a conversation history window; receiving first input that indicates the second user'"'"'s intent to scroll through the conversation history window; in response to the first input, displaying a first portion of the conversation history in the conversation history window; wherein the conversation history comprises a plurality of communications that were sent between the first user and the second user using the messaging service; wherein the first portion represents a subset of the plurality of communications that were sent during a particular time period, wherein the first portion excludes data from the subset; in response to receiving second input, displaying a second portion of the conversation history in the conversation history window; wherein the second portion represents a particular subset of the subset, wherein the second portion includes more data from the particular subset than the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (12, 25, 26)
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14. A method of displaying a conversation history associated with a user of an instant messaging service, the method comprising:
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opening a conversation history window; receiving first input that indicates the second user'"'"'s intent to scroll through the conversation history window; in response to the first input, displaying a first portion of the conversation history in the conversation history window; wherein the conversation history comprises a plurality of communications that were sent between the user and multiple other users that use the instant messaging service; wherein the first portion represents a subset of the plurality of communications that were sent during a particular time period, wherein the first portion excludes data from the set of communications; in response to receiving second input, displaying a second portion of the conversation history in the conversation history window; wherein the second portion represents a particular subset of the subset, wherein the second portion includes more data from the particular subset than the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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