Systems and methods for interfacing with a user in instant messaging
First Claim
1. In a network system including at least two network devices network connectable so as to be capable of engaging in an instant messaging session, a method for users of the at least two network devices to communicate via instant messaging, the method reducing the amount of input required by the users, the method comprising:
- a first network device receiving a first instant message;
automatically, and without user intervention, extracting one or more language expressions associated with the first instant message, including at least one language expression from a data dictionary having language expressions from a previously received instant message;
displaying one or more language expressions associated with the first instant message at the first network device;
receiving a user selection of one or more of the language expressions displayed at the first network device; and
including the selected language expressions in a reply instant message to the first instant message.
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Abstract
Reducing the amount of input required by a user to enter an electronic message. When an electronic message is received, one or more language expressions associated with the electronic message are displayed to a user. The user may select one or more of the language expressions and have the full text of all the selected language expressions included in a reply electronic message. Icons, which represent a user'"'"'s capability to engage in an electronic messaging session, may also be displayed. When a user changes their capability to engage in an electronic messaging session, for instance when they go offline, a command may be sent to other users. This command may take the form of a character sequence not normally occurring in written language, which is interpreted by network devices and changes the display of the icon associated with a the user who went offline.
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33 Claims
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1. In a network system including at least two network devices network connectable so as to be capable of engaging in an instant messaging session, a method for users of the at least two network devices to communicate via instant messaging, the method reducing the amount of input required by the users, the method comprising:
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a first network device receiving a first instant message; automatically, and without user intervention, extracting one or more language expressions associated with the first instant message, including at least one language expression from a data dictionary having language expressions from a previously received instant message; displaying one or more language expressions associated with the first instant message at the first network device; receiving a user selection of one or more of the language expressions displayed at the first network device; and including the selected language expressions in a reply instant message to the first instant message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a network system including at least two network devices network connectable so as to be capable of engaging in an instant messaging session, a method for users of the at least two network devices to communicate via instant messaging, the method reducing the amount of input required by the users, the method comprising:
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a first network device receiving a first instant message; the first network device displaying one or more icons associated with users of other network devices that are network connectable to the first network device so that each is capable of engaging in an instant messaging session with the user of the first network device; receiving a user selection of one of the displayed icons, the selection of the displayed icon enabling an instant messaging session to the user of the network device associated with the selected icon; automatically, and without user intervention, extracting one or more language expressions associated with the first instant message; displaying one or more language expressions associated with the first instant message at the first network device; receiving a user selection of one or more of the language expressions displayed at the first network device; and including the selected language expressions in a reply instant message to the first instant message. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A computer program product for implementing, in a first network device associated with a network system including at least two network devices that are network connectable so as to be capable of engaging in an instant messaging session, a method for users of the at least two network devices to communicate via instant messaging, the method reducing the amount of input required by the users, the computer product comprising:
a computer-readable medium carrying computer-readable instructions, that when executed at the fast network device, cause the first network device to perform the following; receiving a first instant message; automatically, and without user intervention, extracting one or more language expressions associated with the fast instant message; displaying one or more language expressions associated with the first instant message; receiving a user selection of one or more of the displayed language expressions; scrambling the one or more displayed language expressions associated with the first instant message in order to display one or more other language expressions that were not displayed before the scrambling occurred; and including the one or more selected language expressions in a reply instant message to the first instant message. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. In a network system including a television set top box associated with a television and one or more network devices, the television set top box and one or more network devices being network connectable so as to be capable of engaging in an instant messaging session, a method for a user of the television set top box to determine the capability of a second user to engage in an instant messaging session, the method reducing the amount of input required by users, the method comprising:
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displaying an initial status icon to the user of the television set top box so as to represent the second user'"'"'s capability to engage in an instant messaging session; associating a specific character sequence with a changed status icon; the television set top box receiving the specific character sequence associated with the changed status icon; and displaying the changed status icon to the user of the television set top box so as to represent a change in the second user'"'"'s capability to engage in an instant messaging session. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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