Instant Messaging
First Claim
1. A user device comprising:
- a display having an available display area;
a network interface configured to transmit and receive messages between the user device and a communication network in an instant messaging communication session, the messages constituting a sequence of messages in which a user of the user device is engaged by instigating transmission of new messages in response to receipt of received messages in the communication session;
an access component for accessing computer storage configured to store the transmitted and received messages; and
one or more processors configured to run a client application having a user interface configured to operate in a conversation mode to display in the available display area at least some of the transmitted and received messages in sequence, the client application configured responsive to a mode switch instruction to access the computer storage to automatically identify the most recently received message of the stored messages and to modify the client user interface to operate in an engagement mode to display at least the identified message, whereby each displayed message in the engagement mode occupies a larger respective proportion of the available display area than in the conversation mode.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a user device comprising a display having an available display area, a network interface, and one or more processors. The network interface is configured to transmit and receive messages between the user device and a communication network in an instant messaging communication session. A client application executed on the one or more processors has a user interface configured to operate in a conversation mode. Responsive to a mode switch instruction, the client accesses the computer storage to automatically identify the most recently received message of the stored messages and to modify the client user interface to operate in an engagement mode to display at least the identified message, whereby each displayed message in the engagement mode occupies a larger respective proportion of the available display area than in the conversation mode.
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20 Claims
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1. A user device comprising:
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a display having an available display area; a network interface configured to transmit and receive messages between the user device and a communication network in an instant messaging communication session, the messages constituting a sequence of messages in which a user of the user device is engaged by instigating transmission of new messages in response to receipt of received messages in the communication session; an access component for accessing computer storage configured to store the transmitted and received messages; and one or more processors configured to run a client application having a user interface configured to operate in a conversation mode to display in the available display area at least some of the transmitted and received messages in sequence, the client application configured responsive to a mode switch instruction to access the computer storage to automatically identify the most recently received message of the stored messages and to modify the client user interface to operate in an engagement mode to display at least the identified message, whereby each displayed message in the engagement mode occupies a larger respective proportion of the available display area than in the conversation mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. At least one computer readable medium storing a client application having a user interface and which, when executed on a user device comprising a display having an available display area, is configured to:
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transmit and receive messages between the user device and a communication network in an instant messaging communication session, the messages constituting a sequence of messages in which a user of the user device is engaged by instigating transmission of new messages in response to receipt of received messages in the communication session; store the transmitted and received messages in computer storage; and operate the user interface in a conversation mode to display in the available display area at least some of the transmitted and received messages in sequence; and responsive to a mode switch instruction, access the computer storage to automatically identify the most recently received message of the stored messages and modify the client user interface to operate in an engagement mode to display at least the identified message, whereby each displayed message in the engagement mode occupies a larger respective proportion of the available display area than in the conversation mode.
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20. An instant messaging communication method implemented by a client application when executed on a user device comprising a display having an available display area, the method comprising:
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transmitting and receiving messages between the user device and a communication network in an instant messaging communication session, the messages constituting a sequence of messages in which a user of the user device is engaged by instigating transmission of new messages in response to receipt of received messages in the communication session; storing the transmitted and received messages in computer storage; and operating a user interface of the client in a conversation mode to display in the available display area at least some of the transmitted and received messages in sequence; and responsive to a mode switch instruction, accessing the computer storage to automatically identify the most recently received message of the stored messages and modifying the client user interface to operate in an engagement mode to display at least the identified message and at most one additional message of the sequence but not other messages of the sequence, whereby each displayed message in the engagement mode occupies a larger respective proportion of the available display area than in the conversation mode; wherein the client is configured to display at least one of the messages in the engagement mode as a rich media message by displaying additional media pertaining to that message in the engagement mode which is not displayed in the conversation mode.
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Specification