US 2010/0138503 A1 · EXCHANGING MESSAGES DURING A CHAT SESSION

Abstract

Message display control means updates and displays messages sequentially on a message list screen each time message receiving means receives a message. When input detection means detects a response message, identification means identifies the latest message at the time of detection and the response message. Response message sending means sends the response message as a response to the identified message to other participants upon completion of input of the response message. Therefore, even in the case where the message list screen is updated due to receiving the subsequent message during the input of the response message, the completed response message is able to be sent back to the response object message.

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Dependent claims

A message exchange method of exchanging messages with other participants in a chat session, comprising:

receiving messages from the other participants;
updating and displaying the messages sequentially on a message list screen each time a message is received;
detecting input of a response message as a response to the message;
identifying the detected response message and a latest message displayed on the message list screen at a time of detection of the response message;
and
sending the response message to the other participants as a response to the message identified upon completion of input of the response message.

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A message exchange program stored on a storage medium for causing a computer of a message exchange device, which exchanges messages with other participants in a chat session, to function as:

message receiving means for receiving messages from the other participants;
message display control means for updating and displaying the messages sequentially on a message list screen each time the message receiving means receives a message;
input detection means for detecting input of a response message as a response to the message;
identification means for identifying the response message detected by the input detection means and the latest message displayed on the message list screen at the time of detection of the response message;
and
response message sending means for sending the other participants the response message as a response to the message identified upon completion of input of the response message.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Exchanging messages during a chat session

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Exchanging messages during a chat session

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Abstract

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