Enhanced buddy list interface
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing message notifications to a user, the method comprising the following operations performed with one or more processors:
- displaying, to a user of an instant messaging system, a graphical user interface comprising a window that includes a contacts list listing identifiers corresponding to multiple co-users of an instant messaging service;
monitoring when a message of type different from an instant message is received from a first one of the co-users;
determining a total number of messages of a different type sent by the first one of the co-users to the user that remain unattended by the user; and
displaying, within the window that includes the contacts list and in association with the identifier corresponding to the first co-user, a graphical element that indicates that one or more unattended messages of a different type have been sent by the first co-user to the user and remain unattended by the user.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface between a user of a computer service and the computer service includes a list of other users of the computer service selected by the user as significant to the user and an icon associated with one of the other listed users indicating that a communication has occurred between the user and the other user.
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing message notifications to a user, the method comprising the following operations performed with one or more processors:
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displaying, to a user of an instant messaging system, a graphical user interface comprising a window that includes a contacts list listing identifiers corresponding to multiple co-users of an instant messaging service; monitoring when a message of type different from an instant message is received from a first one of the co-users; determining a total number of messages of a different type sent by the first one of the co-users to the user that remain unattended by the user; and displaying, within the window that includes the contacts list and in association with the identifier corresponding to the first co-user, a graphical element that indicates that one or more unattended messages of a different type have been sent by the first co-user to the user and remain unattended by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing message notifications to a user, comprising:
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a memory that stores instructions; at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured with the instructions to; display, to a user of an instant messaging system, a graphical user interface comprising a window that includes a contacts list listing identifiers corresponding to multiple co-users of an instant messaging service; monitor when a message of type different from an instant message is received from a first one of the co-users; determine a total number of messages of a different type sent by the first one of the co-users to the user that remain unattended by the user; and display, within the window that includes the contacts list and in association with the identifier corresponding to the first co-user, a graphical element that indicates that one or more unattended messages of a different type have been sent by the first co-user to the user and remain unattended by the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium including instructions that are executed by at least one processor, to cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
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displaying, to a user of an instant messaging system, a graphical user interface comprising a window that includes a contacts list listing identifiers corresponding to multiple co-users of an instant messaging service; monitoring when a message of type different from an instant message is received from a first one of the co-users; determining a total number of messages of a different type sent by the first one of the co-users to the user that remain unattended by the user; and displaying, within the window that includes the contacts list and in association with the identifier corresponding to the first co-user, a graphical element that indicates that one or more unattended messages of a different type have been sent by the first co-user to the user and remain unattended by the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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