System, method and apparatus for communicating via instant messaging
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1. An apparatus for communicating via instant messages comprising:
- means for receiving a message from a message sender designated for at least one message recipient, the message comprising an indication of a sound identifier associated with the message sender;
means for playing the sound identifier;
means for determining when the message is received by the at least one message recipient; and
means for providing a status update to the message sender, the status update comprising a visual representation of the message having a first appearance when the message is pending and a second appearance when the message is received by the at least one message 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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1. An apparatus for communicating via instant messages comprising:
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means for receiving a message from a message sender designated for at least one message recipient, the message comprising an indication of a sound identifier associated with the message sender; means for playing the sound identifier; means for determining when the message is received by the at least one message recipient; and means for providing a status update to the message sender, the status update comprising a visual representation of the message having a first appearance when the message is pending and a second appearance when the message is received by the at least one message recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for establishing instant messaging communications between a message originator and one or more message receivers, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving an instant message from the message originator; means for providing the instant message from the message originator to the one or more message receivers specified by the message originator, said instant message comprising an indication of a sound identifier associated with said message originator; means for playing the sound identifier for said one or more message receivers when the instant message is received; and means for providing an update of a local message display of the message originator once the message originator'"'"'s instant message is received by the one or more message receivers; and means for providing said local message display the local message display in a pending configuration before the message is received by the one or more message receivers and providing said local message display in a received configuration once the message is received by the once or more message receivers. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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