INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for processing an instant message from a source wireless communication device to a destination device are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes receiving the instant message from the source wireless communication device, the instant message having a source wireless communication identifier, a destination instant messenger identifier, and data contents; extracting the source wireless communication identifier, the destination instant messenger identifier and the data contents from the instant message; retrieving a source instant messenger identifier corresponding to the source wireless communication identifier; binding the source instant messenger identifier with the source wireless communication identifier; and transmitting the data contents with the source instant messenger identifier to the destination device over a communication network, based on the destination instant messenger identifier. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
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38 Claims
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1-29. -29. (canceled)
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30. A method of displaying a status message of an instant messenger subscriber in a network-based system, the method including:
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receiving a status request querying a status of a first instant messenger (IM) subscriber from a second IM subscriber, the status request including an instant messenger identifier of the first IM subscriber; retrieving the status of the first IM subscriber, based on the instant messenger identifier of the first IM subscriber; displaying the status of the first IM subscriber on a display device of the second IM subscriber; and causing a presence indicator corresponding to the first IM subscribe to be displayed, the presence indicator sufficiently representing a characteristic of the first IM subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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