System, method and apparatus for playing a sound identifier...

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2011-08-09

2011-08-09

Osman, Ramy (Department: 2457)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Computer network monitoring

C709S204000, C709S206000, C379S373010

Reexamination Certificate

active

07996527

ABSTRACT:
A system, method and apparatus for facilitating communication among a number of distributed clients in a distributed network is disclosed. A user, such as through a personal digital assistant device, may select one or more instant messages for transmission to one or more other users in the network. The instant messages may be sound instant message and/or text instant messages. During messaging, message status indicators provide users with the status of their respective messages. In one embodiment, the messages may be deemed to be either pending or received as distinguished by a pending status indicator and a received status indicator.

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