USER ATTENTION AND ACTIVITY IN CHAT SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing a chat system for communication among a plurality of chat clients over a network;
determining an attention focus for a chat client of the chat clients, the attention focus indicating the progress of a content consumption activity being performed at the chat client, the content consumption activity relating to content other than chat message text content;
synchronizing the determined attention focus to other chat clients; and
updating displays of the other chat clients based on the synchronized attention focus of the chat client to indicate the content consumption activity.
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Abstract
In a chat system user attention and activity can be reflected to other chat participants to increase communication effectiveness, immediacy, and quality. Further, efficient communication can be facilitated by a keyboard providing, in an intelligent manner, non-textual content for selection. User attention focus indicating the progress of a content consumption activity being performed using a display device can be determined and communicated to other chat participants. The content consumption activity can relate to content other than chat message text content. A graphical indication can be displayed to indicate an amount of chat message text input being input for a message that is not yet sent. Further, the indications of non-textual content for the keyboard can be populated according to content of a current chat or content of a chat history.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a chat system for communication among a plurality of chat clients over a network; determining an attention focus for a chat client of the chat clients, the attention focus indicating the progress of a content consumption activity being performed at the chat client, the content consumption activity relating to content other than chat message text content; synchronizing the determined attention focus to other chat clients; and updating displays of the other chat clients based on the synchronized attention focus of the chat client to indicate the content consumption activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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providing a chat system for communication among a plurality of chat clients over a network; determining an amount of chat message text being input at a chat client of the chat clients, the chat message text being input associated with a chat message that is not yet sent; synchronizing the amount of chat message text being input to the other chat clients; and updating the displays of the other chat clients to display a graphical indication of the amount of chat message text being input. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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providing a chat system for communication among a plurality of chat clients over a network; synchronizing content within a current chat among the chat clients; and displaying at a chat client of the chat clients a keyboard comprising a plurality of indications of non-textual content for selection to send to the other chat clients as shared content within the current chat, the plurality of indications of non-textual content being populated in the keyboard according to one or more of content of the current chat and content of a chat history of one or more of the chat clients. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a display; an input interface; a network communication interface; memory; and a processor coupled to the display, input interface, network communication interface, and memory, the processor configured to; determine an attention focus indicating the progress of a content consumption activity being performed using the display device, the content consumption activity relating to content other than chat message text content; generate a graphical indication to the display, the graphical indication indicating an amount of chat message text input at the input interface for a chat message that is not yet sent via the network communication interface; and generate a keyboard to the display, the keyboard comprising a plurality of indications of non-textual content for selection at the input interface, the plurality of indications of non-textual content being populated in the keyboard according to one or more of content of a current chat being conducted via the network communication interface and content of a chat history stored in the memory.
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