Chat room with thin walls
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1. A method for implementing a chat room system, comprising:
- at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs,selecting, without user involvement, one or more chat rooms in a plurality of chat rooms in the chat room system based on characteristics of a current chat room, wherein the current chat room is a chat room in which a user is currently participating;
sending to the user first messages and second messages for concurrent display, wherein the first messages originate from the current chat room and the second messages originate from the one or more selected chat rooms.
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Abstract
A method, system and graphical user interface for a chat room system is disclosed. One aspect of certain embodiments includes sending messages that originate from a user'"'"'s current chat room as well as messages that originate from nearby chat rooms to the user. Both types of messages are displayed in a single context to the user.
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1. A method for implementing a chat room system, comprising:
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at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs, selecting, without user involvement, one or more chat rooms in a plurality of chat rooms in the chat room system based on characteristics of a current chat room, wherein the current chat room is a chat room in which a user is currently participating; sending to the user first messages and second messages for concurrent display, wherein the first messages originate from the current chat room and the second messages originate from the one or more selected chat rooms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for implementing a chat room system, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform:
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selecting, without user involvement, one or more chat rooms in a plurality of chat rooms in the chat room system based on characteristics of a current chat room, wherein the current chat room is a chat room in which a user is currently participating; sending to the user first messages and second messages for concurrent display, wherein the first messages originate from the current chat room and the second messages originate from the one or more selected chat rooms. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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