Multi-community instant messaging system and device

Details Multi-community instant messaging system and device Multi-community instant messaging system and device

2011-06-14

2011-06-14

Patel, Haresh N (Department: 2447)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C709S229000, C345S440000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07962559

ABSTRACT:
This relates to a mobile instant messaging device for communicating instant messages with different instant messaging communities. The device includes a display that displays community-specific icons, each icon specifying a different one of the instant messaging communities. A database stores characteristics of each of the communities. An instant messaging application is configured to communicate instant messages, with a member of the community of any of the icons selected by a user of the device, in conformity with the characteristics stored in the database for that community.

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