Time line display of chat conversations

Details Time line display of chat conversations Time line display of chat conversations

2006-02-06

2010-10-12

Dharia, Rupal D (Department: 2456)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C715S753000, C715S758000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07814159

ABSTRACT:
Chat messages in a chat session may be displayed in a timeline view. Messages are displayed in a first display region. Timestamps of the chat messages are displayed in a second region. The messages are aligned with their respective timestamps, akin to a timeline. Timestamps for all messages need not be displayed; a timestamp may be omitted if the corresponding message occurs in the “same” time as another message. Breaks of no messaging activity that are longer than a predefined amount of time are shown with graphical objects such as a line. The objects also indicate the length of the break.

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