Messaging application user interface for auto-completing address text and modifying the auto-completion behavior
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of addressing an instant message to a member of a plurality of potential instant message recipients, each potential instant message recipient having an associated instant message address, the method comprising:
- accessing a subset of the plurality of potential instant message recipients that is generated based on a predetermined criterion;
auto-completing a partially entered instant message address text based on the subset of potential instant message recipients; and
modifying the auto-completion based on a predetermined signal added to and included with the partially entered instant message address text.
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Abstract
A messaging application user interface has an input element for receiving electronic messages and an output element for displaying electronic messages. The messaging application user interface can be implemented so as to maintain a subset of the plurality of potential message recipients, the subset being determined using a predetermined criterion. The messaging application user interface also can be implemented so as to auto-complete a partially entered address based on the subset of potential message recipients. A set of user-selectable signals that modify auto-completion behavior also can be used with the messaging application user interface. The messaging application user interface can be used in an instant messaging system to allow a user to send instant messages to and exchange comments with a plurality of other users without having to switch among several instant message windows.
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35 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of addressing an instant message to a member of a plurality of potential instant message recipients, each potential instant message recipient having an associated instant message address, the method comprising:
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accessing a subset of the plurality of potential instant message recipients that is generated based on a predetermined criterion; auto-completing a partially entered instant message address text based on the subset of potential instant message recipients; and modifying the auto-completion based on a predetermined signal added to and included with the partially entered instant message address text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of addressing electronic messages to users of a computer network, the method comprising:
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providing a set of user-selectable command line signals added to and included with a partially entered address text for a message that modify behavior of an auto-completion feature by decreasing a group of candidate auto-completion entries to at least one candidate auto-completion entry; and auto-completing the partially entered address text based on at least one candidate auto-completion entry and an entry of one or more of the set of signals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A protocol for addressing a message to a member of a plurality of potential message recipients, each potential message recipient having an associated address, the protocol comprising:
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one or more user-selectable command line signals added to and included with a partially entered address text for a message that modify behavior of an auto-completion feature; and a predetermined criterion for selecting a subset of the plurality of potential message recipients. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A computer-implemented method of addressing an instant message to a member of a plurality of potential instant message recipients, each potential instant message recipient having an associated instant message address, the method comprising:
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accessing a subset of a plurality of potential instant message recipients; receiving, at a first time period, a first partially-entered instant message address text; receiving, at the first time period, a first predetermined signal added to and inputted with the first partially-entered instant message address text, wherein the first predetermined signal processes a first type of auto-completion behavior and the first predetermined signal and the first partially entered instant message address text are entered in a command line; auto-completing, at the first time period, the first partially-entered instant message text based on the subset of potential instant message recipients; receiving, at a second time period, a second partially-entered instant message address text; receiving, at the second time period, a second predetermined signal added to and inputted with the second partially-entered instant message address text, wherein the second predetermined signal processes a second and a different type of auto-completion behavior and the second predetermined signal and the second partially entered instant message address text are entered in the command line; and auto-completing, at the second time period, the second partially-entered instant message text based on the subset of potential instant message recipients. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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