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  • US 20130046830A1
  • Filed: 08/15/2011
  • Published: 02/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a first user terminal of a first user, comprising:

  • executing an instant messaging client application on the first terminal so as to participate in one or more threads of instant messaging between user terminals over a packet-based communication network, each thread comprising exchanging a respective plurality of text-based messages between the user terminals of a selected group of contacts comprising the first user and at least one second user, wherein a digital record of the text-based messages is maintained in a data storage medium;

    receiving a further one or more of said text-based messages from one of the second terminals over the packet-based communication network, the one or more further messages each comprising a citation of a cited one of said text-based messages previously transmitted over the packet-based communication network and stored in the storage medium; and

    processing the one or more further messages at the first terminal so as, by reference to the storage medium, to recover a context of the cited message in relation to others of the text-based messages in the respective thread.

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