Information processing apparatus implementing response to editing message

• US 9,160,691 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Akama, Katsuaki, Matsuda, Takeshi, Takeda, Shinichi, Sakai, Kyouta, Nagasawa, Atsushi, Kosaka, Jun'ichi
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, VIET DUY
• Application Number:
  US13/705,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20130097266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/205, 709/206, 709/217, 709/219, 709/250
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives messages, and a control unit that sends an editing message indicating that a reply message responding to a received message received by the receiving unit is being edited, to a sending source of the received message.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first apparatus including;

a first memory configured to store a first program; and

a first processor configured to execute the first program including a first process, the first process including;

receiving a message; and

controlling a generation process for generating data to start in response to a command issued for a reply message responding to the received message, the data indicating that the reply message is being edited; and

a second apparatus including;

a second memory configured to store a second program; and

a second processor configured to execute the second program including a second process, the second process including;

controlling a display process for displaying a notice based on the data,

wherein the message is sent by the second apparatus,

wherein the display process is controlled to start in response to the data, and the display process is controlled to end when a next data subsequent to the data is not generated by the generation process within a given time period after the generation process generated the data, and

wherein, until sending of the reply message is instructed, generating of the data is repeated based on editing of the reply message by the controlling of the generation process.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the notice indicates that the reply message is being edited.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein

the notice is displayed in a display form different from a display form of messages.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the first apparatus and the second apparatus communicate via a network using radio data communication in at least partly of the network.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the command is issued in response to an instruction to wait for input to an entry column for editing the reply message.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the message and the reply message is a text message communicated by a message service.

7. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a message server configured to relay at least one of the message and the reply message between the first apparatus and the second apparatus.

17. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the second apparatus includes a keyboard, and

the message is sent by the second apparatus in response to typing a key in the keyboard.

18. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the first apparatus includes a keyboard, and

the command is issued in response to typing a key in the keyboard.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a program; and

a processor configured to execute the program including a process, the process including;

receiving a message; and

controlling a generation process for generating data to start, in response to a command issued for a reply message responding to the received message, the data indicating that the reply message is being edited,

wherein the message is sent by another apparatus that is to control a display process for displaying a notice based on the data,

wherein the display process is controlled to start in response to the data, and the display process is controlled to end when a next data subsequent to the data is not generated by the generation process within a given time period after the generation process generated the data, and

wherein, until sending of the reply message is instructed, generating of the data is repeated based on editing of the reply message by the controlling of the generation process.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a program; and

a processor configured to execute the program including a process, the process including;

displaying a notice based on data, which is generated by a generation process of another apparatus in response to a command issued for a reply message responding to a message received by the another apparatus, the notice indicating that the reply message is being edited,

wherein the message is sent by the apparatus,

wherein a display process is controlled to start in response to the data, and the display process is controlled to end when a next data subsequent to the data is not generated by the generation process within a given time period after the generation process generated the data, and

wherein, until sending of the reply message is instructed, generating of the data by the generation process is repeated based on editing of the reply message.

10. A method of communicating between a first apparatus and a second apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a message, by the first apparatus;

controlling a generation process for generating data to start, in response to a command issued for a reply message responding to the received message, by the first apparatus, the data indicating that the reply message is being edited; and

controlling, by the second apparatus, a display process for displaying a notice to start in response to the data, the notice indicating that the reply message is being edited,

wherein the message is sent by the second apparatus,

wherein the display process is controlled to start in response to the data, and the display process is controlled to end when a next data subsequent to the data is not generated by the generation process within a given time period after the generation process generated the data, and

wherein, until sending of the reply message is instructed, generating of the data is repeated based on editing of the reply message by the controlling of the generation process.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

relaying, by a message server, at least one of the message and the reply message.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein

the command is issued in response to an instruction to wait for input to an entry column for editing the reply message.

19. The method according to claim 10, wherein

the second apparatus includes a keyboard, and

the message is sent by the second apparatus in response to typing a key in the keyboard.

20. The method according to claim 10, wherein

the first apparatus includes a keyboard, and

the command is issued in response to typing a key in the keyboard.

21. The method according to claim 10, wherein

the controlling of the display process is executed based on the generating of the data by the generation process which is repeated until the sending of the reply message is instructed.

13. A method comprising:

receiving a message, by a processor; and

controlling a generation process for generating data to start, in response to a command issued for a reply message responding to the received message, the data indicating that the reply message is being edited,

wherein the message is sent by an apparatus that is to control a display process for displaying a notice based on the data,

wherein the display process is controlled to start in response to the data, and the display process is controlled to end when a next data subsequent to the data is not generated by the generation process within a given time period after the generation process generated the data, and

wherein, until sending of the reply message is instructed, generating of the data is repeated based on editing of the reply message by the controlling of the generation process.

14. A method comprising:

displaying, by a processor of a first apparatus, a notice based on data, which is generated by a generation process of a second apparatus in response to a command issued for a reply message responding to a message received by the second apparatus, the notice indicating that the reply message is being edited,

wherein the message is sent by the first apparatus,

wherein a display process is controlled to start in response to the data, and the display process is controlled to end when a next data subsequent to the data is not generated by the generation process within a given time period after the generation process generated the data, and

wherein, until sending of the reply message is instructed, generating of the data by the generation process is repeated based on editing of the reply message.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

receiving a message; and

controlling a generation process for generating data to start, in response to a command issued for a reply message responding to the received message, the data indicating that the reply message is being edited,

wherein the message is sent by an apparatus that is to control a display process for displaying a notice based on the data,

wherein the display process is controlled to start in response to the data, and the display process is controlled to end when a next data subsequent to the data is not generated by the generation process within a given time period after the generation process generated the data, and

wherein, until sending of the reply message is instructed, generating of the data is repeated based on editing of the reply message by the controlling of the generation process.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

displaying a notice based on data, which is generated by a generation process of an apparatus in response to a command issued for a reply message responding to a message received by the apparatus, the notice indicating that the reply message is being edited,

wherein the message is sent by an apparatus that controls the displaying the notice based on the data,

wherein a display process is controlled to start in response to the data, and the display process is controlled to end when a next data subsequent to the data is not generated by the generation process within a given time period after the generation process generated the data, and

wherein, until sending of the reply message is instructed, generating of the data by the generation process is repeated based on editing of the reply message.