Instant messaging service with minimized user interface
AssigneeRoberto Della Pasqua, S.R.L.
InventorRoberto Della Pasqua
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Abstract
A method is proposed for exchanging messages among users of computers. The method includes the steps on the computer (100) of each user of: activating a window (225), the active window having a frame (305) and a workspace (310) within the frame, receiving messages in succession from the computers of other users, and displaying a conversation element (230) including an indication of a focused one of the received messages, wherein the conversation element is displayed in correspondence of the frame of the active window.
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A method for exchanging messages among users of computers, the method including the steps on the computer (100) of each user of:
- activating a window (225), the active window having a frame (305) and a workspace (310) within the frame,
- receiving messages in succession from the computers of other users,
- displaying a conversation element (230) including an indication of a focused one of the received messages,
- characterized in that
- the conversation element is displayed in correspondence of the frame of the active window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.