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FAMILY CHAT

  • US 20110276901A1
  • Filed: 05/04/2010
  • Published: 11/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for displaying a group conversation transpiring over a communications network, the method comprising:

  • receiving a contribution message from one of at least three members of a conversation group via a sending device being one of a plurality of communications devices associated with the conversation group, the plurality of communications devices comprising;

    a hub system associated with all the members of the conversation group and disposed within a local network; and

    a plurality of member devices, each associated with one of the at least three members of the conversation group and configured to communicate with the hub system from locations external to the local network,determining, at a rendering device, whether the sending device is the rendering device, the rendering device being one of the plurality of communications devices and comprising a display having a first region designated for rendering contribution messages originating from the rendering device and a second region designated for rendering contribution messages originating from other than the rendering device;

    when the sending device is the rendering device, rendering the contribution message to the first region of the display; and

    when the sending device is not the rendering device, rendering the contribution message to the second region of the display.

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