SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERGRATING ADVANCED MULTIMEDIA FEATURES WITHIN AN INSTANT MESSAGING ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A graphical user interface (GUI) for managing instant messaging activity history for different instant messaging contacts or groups of contacts comprising:
- a timeline region to display a sequence of instant messaging (“
IM”
) events; and
a plurality of IM activity elements arranged sequentially within the timeline region, each IM activity element representing a different IM event which occurred at a specific time identified by the IM activity element'"'"'s position within the timeline region,wherein the IM activity elements include text elements, indicating text entry during an IM session, and different types of non-text elements, each type of non-text element representing a different type of non-text activity during the IM session, the non-text activity including a video activity comprised of real time motion video of users participating in an IM session, an audio activity comprised of real time audio communication between users in the IM session and a file transfer activity comprised of file transfers between IM clients during the IM session;
wherein each type of non-text element is provided with a unique graphical characteristic to uniquely distinguish it from other non-text elements and from text elements;
wherein the unique graphical characteristics comprise a different icon associated with each type of non-text element; and
a series of color-coded graphical bars running parallel to one another within the timeline region, each graphical bar having a particular color, wherein each graphical bar corresponds to a particular type of IM activity element.
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Abstract
An instant messaging graphical user interface (“GUI”) is described comprising: a text entry region in which a user may enter instant messages; an IM conversation window in which a complete IM conversation between the user and a selected contact appears; a video window for displaying real time video of the user and/or the contact during an IM session; and a plurality of user-selectable personal video recorder (“PVR”) controls for performing a respective plurality of PVR functions on the video displayed within the video window, the PVR functions including record, pause, and rewind for recording, pausing, and rewinding the video, respectively.
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16 Claims
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1. A graphical user interface (GUI) for managing instant messaging activity history for different instant messaging contacts or groups of contacts comprising:
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a timeline region to display a sequence of instant messaging (“
IM”
) events; anda plurality of IM activity elements arranged sequentially within the timeline region, each IM activity element representing a different IM event which occurred at a specific time identified by the IM activity element'"'"'s position within the timeline region, wherein the IM activity elements include text elements, indicating text entry during an IM session, and different types of non-text elements, each type of non-text element representing a different type of non-text activity during the IM session, the non-text activity including a video activity comprised of real time motion video of users participating in an IM session, an audio activity comprised of real time audio communication between users in the IM session and a file transfer activity comprised of file transfers between IM clients during the IM session; wherein each type of non-text element is provided with a unique graphical characteristic to uniquely distinguish it from other non-text elements and from text elements; wherein the unique graphical characteristics comprise a different icon associated with each type of non-text element; and a series of color-coded graphical bars running parallel to one another within the timeline region, each graphical bar having a particular color, wherein each graphical bar corresponds to a particular type of IM activity element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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