US 10,834,039 B2 · Messaging system

Abstract

A messaging system for both generating and receiving message data, which breaks up a sent message and displays it as a time sequence of message parts on the receiving user's device. Breaks in the sent message are defined by delimiters, which are inserted into the message data by the user on the generate device and are detected by the receiving device. Delimiters or other part of the message data determine the time period for each part of the message. The first part of the message is displayed on the receiving user's device for the time period associated with that part. Once the time period for the first message part has expired, the next message part is displayed in addition to the preceding part. This continues until the whole sent message is displayed, thus creating a timeline of message parts for the receiving user.

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Dependent claims

A method of rendering message data of a message received at a receiving computer device, the message comprising at least first and second message parts, the method comprising:

parsing the first message part;
determining a first time period for delaying activation of the second message part;
displaying a first viewable element in the first message part for the determined first time period before activating the second message part;
and
after expiry of the first time period, activating the second message part by generating a user perceptible activation associated with the second message part, to be perceived by a user at the receiving computer device while the first message part of the message continues to be displayed;
wherein the first time period is determined based on the message data received at the receiving computer device.

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