System, method and apparatus for communicating via instant messaging
First Claim
1. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for executing the steps comprising:
- creating a message listing of one or more pending messages, each of said pending messages comprising an indication of a sound identifier associated with an originator of at least one of said pending messages;
providing a message indicator in a first appearance for the one more pending messages;
updating a connection status of an intended recipient of at least one of the one or more pending messages based on a receipt of current connection status information from the intended recipient, the updating including playing a sound identifier associated with the intended recipient based on a change in the current connection status information of the intended recipient.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for facilitating communication among a number of distributed clients in a distributed network is disclosed. A user, such as through a personal digital assistant device, may select one or more instant messages for transmission to one or more other users in the network. The instant messages may be sound instant message and/or text instant messages. During messaging, message status indicators provide users with the status of their respective messages. In one embodiment, the messages may be deemed to be either pending or received as distinguished by a pending status indicator and a received status indicator.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for executing the steps comprising:
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creating a message listing of one or more pending messages, each of said pending messages comprising an indication of a sound identifier associated with an originator of at least one of said pending messages; providing a message indicator in a first appearance for the one more pending messages; updating a connection status of an intended recipient of at least one of the one or more pending messages based on a receipt of current connection status information from the intended recipient, the updating including playing a sound identifier associated with the intended recipient based on a change in the current connection status information of the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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creating a message listing of one or more pending messages, each of said pending messages comprising an indication of a sound identifier associated with an originator of at least one of said pending messages; providing a message indicator in a first appearance for the one more pending messages; updating a connection status of an intended recipient of at least one of the one or more pending messages based on a receipt of current connection status information from the intended recipient, the updating including playing a sound identifier associated with the intended recipient based on a change in the current connection status information of the intended recipient; sending one or more of the one or more pending messages to the intended recipient based on the updated connection status using a server device; updating the message listing based on the receipt of message acknowledgments from the intended recipient; and providing the message indicator in a second appearance for the one or more pending messages as the pending messages are deemed to be received by the intended recipient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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