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Group conversation between a plurality of participants

  • US 8,984,422 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2012
  • Issued: 03/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for presenting a group conversation on an electronic device of a user, the method comprising:

  • displaying, on a graphical user interface of the electronic device, a group of contacts with which the user can communicate, the group of contacts comprising one or more individual contacts and one or more preset collections of contacts associated with one another;

    receiving first user input via the graphical user interface, the first user input specifying a selection of at least one individual contact and at least one preset collection of contacts, from the group of contacts, as participants for a group conversation, wherein the group conversation provides for sharing communication messages among the participants;

    presenting a conversation window together with a first button on the graphical user interface based on the first user input, wherein the conversation window displays a collection of contact icons with each contact icon respectively corresponding to one of the participants of the group conversation, and wherein the first button is for displaying a participant list which includes all of the at least one individual contact and the at least one preset collection of contacts participating in the group conversation;

    receiving second user input via the first button;

    displaying, in response to the received second user input, the participant list together with a second button, wherein the second button is for creating a new preset collection of contacts with all participants in the participant list;

    receiving third user input via the second button; and

    creating, in response to the received third user input, the new preset collection of contacts with all participants in the participant list.

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