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US 7,343,561 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for message display
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMichael Stochosky, Jens Peter Alfke
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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMichael Stochosky, Jens Peter Alfke
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Methods and apparatuses for displaying chat messages in selectable balloon styles. In one aspect of the present invention, a method to display a chat message includes: receiving a chat message and a balloon style; and displaying the chat message in a balloon of the received balloon style. In one example, the chat message and the balloon style are received from a network connection; and, the balloon style is selected by a user who sent the chat message. In one example, the chat message and the balloon style are received from input devices for user interaction; and, the chat message and the balloon style is also transmitted to a remote device for display. In one example, the balloon style indicates an emotional state (e.g., happy, angry) associated with the message. In another example, the balloon style indicates a predetermined message (e.g., the user is in the process of preparing a message). In one example, the balloon style is user customized (or user defined).
A method to display a chat message, the method comprising:
A machine readable storage medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed by a digital processing system cause said system to perform a method to display a chat message, the method comprising:
A data processing system to display a chat message, the data processing system comprising:
An apparatus to display a chat message, the apparatus comprising:
A method to send a chat message, the method comprising:
A machine readable storage medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed by a digital processing system cause said system to perform a method to send a chat message, the method comprising:
An apparatus to send a chat message, the apparatus comprising:
A machine readable storage medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed by a digital processing system cause said system to perform a method to customize a chat message, the method comprising:
A machine readable storage medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed by a digital processing system cause said system to perform a method to customize a chat message, the method comprising:
A machine readable storage medium containing balloon style data usable with executable computer program instructions which when executed by a digital processing system cause said system to perform a method to customize a chat message, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.