INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20100235455A1
• Filed: 03/10/2010
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Takeda, Shinichi, Nagasawa, Atsushi, Matsuda, Takeshi, Kosaka, Jun'ichi, Sakai, Kyouta, Akama, Katsuaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,364,768 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives messages, and a control unit that sends an editing message indicating that a reply message responding to a received message received by the receiving unit is being edited, to a sending source of the received message.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit that receives messages, and

a control unit that sends an editing message indicating that a reply message responding to a received message received by the receiving unit is being edited, to a sending source of the received message.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit periodically sends the editing message to the sending source while the reply message is being edited.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a notification control unit that indicates that the reply message is being edited based on the editing message when the editing message is received.

4. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a sending unit that sends messages, and

a notification control unit that indicates that a sending destination of the sent message is editing a reply message based on an editing message received after a sending message is sent from the sending unit.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the notification control unit periodically receives the editing message from the sending source.