INTEGRATED MIXED TRANSPORT MESSAGING SYSTEM
First Claim
13. A computing device comprising:
- a plurality of communication ports for communicating data to and from the computing device, including at least a first communication port and a second communication port;
a combination of processing and memory resources that are operable to implement a messaging system on the computing device, wherein the messaging system is configured to maintain and present a mixed transport chat thread between a user of the computing device and another individual, the mixed transport chat thread comprising multiple records of messages that are exchanged between the user and the other individual, including records of individual messages communicated to the other individual using each of (i) a first messaging transport that is communicated with the first communication port, and (ii) a second messaging transport that is communicated with the second communication port.
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Abstract
A computing device operates a plurality of messaging programs that use different messaging transports. The computing device includes processing resources that operate to provide a messaging database that interfaces with the plurality of messaging programs to record instances of incoming or outgoing messages using anyone of the plurality of messaging programs. The processing resources execute in connection with maintaining the messaging database in order to associate individual incoming messages or outgoing messages with either a new messaging thread or an existing messaging thread. The incoming messages and outgoing messages of each new or existing messaging thread being received or sent through any one of the plurality of messaging programs, so that the messaging threads can be mixed in the type of messages that are provided.
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13. A computing device comprising:
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a plurality of communication ports for communicating data to and from the computing device, including at least a first communication port and a second communication port; a combination of processing and memory resources that are operable to implement a messaging system on the computing device, wherein the messaging system is configured to maintain and present a mixed transport chat thread between a user of the computing device and another individual, the mixed transport chat thread comprising multiple records of messages that are exchanged between the user and the other individual, including records of individual messages communicated to the other individual using each of (i) a first messaging transport that is communicated with the first communication port, and (ii) a second messaging transport that is communicated with the second communication port. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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19-1. The computing system of claim 18, wherein the information that is displayed as part of the representation of the messaging thread is a name of the other person as identified in the contact record.
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20-2. The computing system of claim 18, wherein the information that is displayed as part of the representation of the messaging thread is an image of the other person as associated or stored with the contact record.
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