Methods, systems, and computer program products for instant messaging

A computer-based system for controlling viewing of instant messages in a chat, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• a hardware processor coupled to the one or more memories;
• a first module executed by the hardware processor and configured to receive a message from a sender;
• a second module executed by the hardware processor and configured to display the message in a human unintelligible form to a recipient;
• a third module executed by the hardware processor and configured to receive a request for a biometric identification of the recipient;
• a fourth module executed by the hardware processor and configured to transmit the biometric identification from the recipient to the sender together with an indication of selection and decryption of the displayed message having the human unintelligible form by the recipient, without regard to the recipient's viewing and reading of content in the message, the indication being a visual identifier distinct from the message that is lighted with a different color responsive to each recipient;
• and
• a fifth module executed by the hardware processor and configured to display the message in the chat client of the recipient in a human intelligible form and
• wherein the first module, the second module, the third module, the forth module and the fifth module are stored in the one or more memories.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon, the computer logic when executed by a processor enabling controlling viewing of instant messages according to a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a message from a sender;
• displaying the message in a human unintelligible form in a chat client of a recipient;
• requesting a biometric identification of the recipient;
• transmitting the biometric identification from the recipient to the sender together with an indication of selection and decryption of the displayed message having the human unintelligible form by the recipient, without regard to the recipient's viewing and reading of content in the message, the indication being a visual identifier distinct from the message that is lighted with a different color responsive to each recipient;
• and
• displaying the message in the chat client of the recipient in a human intelligible form.

A computer-based system for monitoring viewing of instant messages, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• a hardware processor coupled to the one or more memories;
• a first module executed by the hardware processor and configured to send a message from a sender to a recipient, wherein the message is displayed in a human unintelligible form in a chat client of the recipient;
• and
• a second module executed by the hardware processor and configured to receive a biometric information from the recipient by the sender together with an indication of selection and decryption of the displayed message having the human unintelligible form by the recipient, without regard to the recipient's viewing and reading of content in the message, the indication being a visual identifier distinct from the message that is lighted with a different color responsive to each recipient and
• wherein the first module and the second module are stored in the one or more memories.