System and Method for Incorporating Chat Elements Into a Communication Interface

• US 20150026269A1
• Filed: 07/19/2013
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: CANTON, Raymond Lee
• Granted Patent: US 9,813,372 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]

Abstract

A method performed by a first mobile device is provided. The method comprises: detecting an activity update to an account associated with the first mobile device; communicating the activity update to at least one account contact; receiving a response to the communicated update from the at least one account contact; displaying in a display of the first mobile device: an activity update view having the response appended to the activity update; and a messaging view of a messaging session between the account and the at least one account contact, the messaging view displaying the activity update in association with the response.

Claims

1. A method performed by a first mobile device, the method comprising:

detecting an activity update to an account associated with the first mobile device;

communicating the activity update to at least one account contact;

receiving a response to the communicated update from the at least one account contact;

displaying in a display of the first mobile device;

an activity update view having the response appended to the activity update; and

a messaging view of a messaging session between the account and the at least one account contact, the messaging view displaying the activity update in association with the response.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the activity update being displayed in association with the response are displayed as corresponding chat elements within the messaging session between the account and the at least one account contact.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising upon receiving a selection input of the response in the activity update view, displaying the messaging view of the messaging session between the account and the at least one account contact.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the selection input initiates the messaging session with the at least one account contact.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

communicating the activity update to a plurality of account contacts, receiving a plurality of respective responses from the plurality of account contacts;

displaying in the display of the first mobile device;

the activity update view having each of the plurality of respective responses appended to the activity update;

the messaging view with each of the plurality of account contacts displaying the activity update and an associated response from the plurality of respective responses.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

upon receiving a selection input of one of the plurality of respective responses in the activity update view, initiating the messaging session between the contact and a corresponding account contact of the plurality of account contacts.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the messaging session comprises a chat session.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed in an instant messaging interface (IM) of the mobile device and the messaging session comprises an instant messaging session.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the response displayed on the activity update view comprises at least a portion of the messaging session related to the activity update between the account and the at least one account contact.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the display of the response in the activity update is confidential between the account and the at least one account contact participating in the messaging session related to the activity update.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the response displayed on the activity update view further comprises a visual indicator to indicate whether the response is delivered or read by the account.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

receiving a subsequent response from the at least one account contact associated with the activity update in the messaging session and replacing the response with the subsequent response appended to the activity update in the activity update view.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

receiving at least one subsequent response from the at least one account contact associated with the activity update in the messaging session and further appending the at least one subsequent response with the response appended to the activity update in the activity update view.

14. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of respective responses is displayed in chronological order of occurrence.

15. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying the activity update view having each of the plurality of respective responses appended to the activity update further comprises:

displaying a group icon indicating a summarized view of the plurality of respective responses, the summarized view selectable for expanding the group icon and displaying each of the plurality of respective responses in the activity update view.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the activity update is selected from the group comprising:

a status update and a new post initiated by the account.

17. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to operate according to the method of claim 1.

18. A computing device comprising a processor and memory, the memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed cause the processor to operate according to the method of claim 1.

19. A method for exchanging messaging (IM) data between a first and second correspondent devices, the method comprising:

receiving an activity update from the second correspondent device at the first correspondent device;

displaying the activity update on an IM user interface at each of the first and the second correspondent devices;

receiving a selection of the activity update at the first correspondent device;

initiating a chat session at the first correspondent device between the first and second correspondents in response to the selection;

generating a chat element at the first correspondent device in response to at least a portion of a conversation in the chat session;

communicating the chat element from the first correspondent device to the second correspondent device, the chat stub private to the first and second correspondent devices; and

,

displaying the chat element on respective IM interfaces at the first and second correspondent devices appended to the activity update.

20. A computing device comprising a processor and memory, the memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed cause the processor to operate according to the method of claim 19.