Read activity of chat rooms
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsAndrew HENDERSON, Edward MCMULLIN
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Abstract
In one embodiment, method includes receiving data including chat room data from a chat room server, receiving input data from at least one input device, preparing a user interface screen including a chat room list including chat room panels, each one chat room panel including information about a different chat room from a plurality of chat rooms and a chat room icon of the different chat room, wherein a first chat room panel includes an indication of how many chat room members of a first chat room from the plurality of chat rooms have read a first message posted in the first chat room. Related systems and methods are also included.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving data including chat room data from a chat room server;
- receiving input data from at least one input device;
- preparing a user interface screen for output to a display device, the user interface screen including a chat room list including a plurality of chat room panels, each one chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels including information about a different chat room from a plurality of chat rooms;
- and a chat room icon of the different chat room, wherein a first chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels includes an indication of how many chat room members of a first chat room from the plurality of chat rooms have read a first message posted in the first chat room.
A system comprising:
- a network input/output interface to receive data including chat room data from a chat room server;
- a user input interface to receive input data from at least one input device;
- a graphics processing unit to prepare a user interface screen for output to a display device, the user interface screen including a chat room list including a plurality of chat room panels, each one chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels including information about a different chat room from a plurality of chat rooms;
- a chat room icon of the different chat room;
- and a title of the different chat room, wherein a first chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels includes an indication of how many chat room members of a first chat room from the plurality of chat rooms have read a first message posted in the first chat room;
- and
- a central processing unit to:
- receive the input data from the user input interface;
- and interpret the input data to include selecting entry to, and posting the first message in, the first chat room, wherein the network input/output interface is operative to send the first message to the chat room server.
A chat room server system comprising:
- a graphics processing unit to prepare a user interface screen for output to a display device, the user interface screen including a chat room list including a plurality of chat room panels, each one chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels including information about a different chat room from a plurality of chat rooms;
- a chat room icon of the different chat room;
- and a title of the different chat room;
- wherein a first chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels includes an indication of how many chat room members of a first chat room from the plurality of chat rooms have read a first message posted in the first chat room;
- and
- a central processing unit to:
- receive input data;
- interpret the input data to include selecting entry to, and posting the first message in, the first chat room.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.