Private text chatting sessions
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsShiladitya Sircar, Sean Hungerford, Bradford Lawrence Spencer
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Abstract
A system and method for private text chatting. A request is sent to a remote device to establish a private text chat session. Prior to receiving an acceptance of the private chat session request from the remote device, at least one text chat message is received from the remote device and stored. The acceptance of the private chat session request is received from the remote device. Subsequent to receiving the acceptance of the private chat session request, a private text chat session interface is displayed to conduct the private text chat session. The received at least one text chat message is displayed in the private text chat session interface.
Claims20
A method for private text chatting, the method comprising:
- sending a private text chat session request from a requesting device to a remote device to establish a private text chat session;
- receiving, at the requesting device prior to receiving an acceptance of the private text chat session request from the remote device, at least one initial private text chat message from the remote device, the at least one initial private text chat message being part of the private text chat session;
- storing the at least one initial private text chat message;
- receiving the acceptance of the private text chat session request from the remote device;
- displaying, on the requesting device subsequent to receiving the acceptance of the private text chat session request from the remote device, a private text chat session interface to conduct the private text chat session;
- and
- displaying the received at least one initial private text chat message in the private text chat session interface.
A device, the device comprising:
- a private text message storage;
- a private text chat processor coupled to the private text message storage, the private text chat processor, when operating:
- sends a private text chat session request to a remote device to establish a private text chat session;
- receives, prior to receipt of an acceptance of the private text chat session request from the remote device, at least initial private one text chat message from the remote device;
- stores the at least one initial private text chat message in the private text message storage, the at least one initial private text chat message being part of the private text chat session;
- receives the acceptance of the private text chat session request from the remote device;
- displays, subsequent to the receipt of the acceptance of the private text chat session request from the remote device, a private text chat session interface to conduct the private text chat session;
- and
- displays the received at least one initial private text chat message in the private text chat session interface.
A computer readable device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising instructions for:
- sending a private text chat session request from a requesting device to a remote device to establish a private text chat session;
- receiving, at the requesting device prior to receiving an acceptance of the private text chat session request from the remote device, at least one initial private text chat message from the remote device, the at least one initial private text chat message being part of the private text chat session;
- storing the at least one initial private text chat message;
- receiving the acceptance of the private text chat session request from the remote device;
- displaying, on the requesting device subsequent to receiving the acceptance of the private text chat session request from the remote device, a private text chat session interface to conduct the private text chat session;
- and
- displaying the received at least one initial private text chat message in the private text chat session interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.