US 8,788,603 B2Granted

Voice and text group chat display management techniques for wireless mobile terminals

AssigneeBlackBerry Limited

InventorsChris Michael Griffin, Bashar Jano, Jin Woo Lee, Mihaela Kamenova Mihaylova, Christopher Robert Dale Wilson

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Abstract

A single content region in a chat history display is used to display entries representative of a plurality of messages corresponding to all chat histories for all of chat threads currently engaged in by a given mobile terminal. Additionally, a buddy list display supports management of chat buddies, a detail view display allows otherwise truncated messages to be displayed, and a text message editor display supports the composition of text messages. Each chat user may designate public display identifiers for purposes of identification to other chat users. Additionally, each user may designate private display identifiers for each of his/her buddies, which private display identifiers may be used to replace the public display identifiers for that user's buddies when displayed on the user's mobile terminal. In this manner, the use of speech and text based group chatting and similar services in wireless communication environments is more readily enabled.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A method for displaying a plurality of chat threads on a wireless mobile terminal comprising a user input device and a display, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of inbound chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of inbound chat messages comprising message content;
transmitting a plurality of outbound chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of outbound chat messages comprising message content and being transmitted to at least one user-selected recipient to thereby become a sent chat message;
simultaneously displaying the message content of each of the pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads in a single content region of a chat history display;
receiving at the user input device a user selection of the displayed message content of a user-selected displayed chat message corresponding to one of the displayed pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages;
and
in response to the user selection of the displayed message content of the user-selected displayed chat message:
visually highlighting in the single content region of the chat history display the displayed message content of each of the displayed inbound and sent chat messages associated with a particular chat thread corresponding to the user-selected displayed chat message;
and
displaying in a region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region a private nickname of a sender of the user-selected displayed chat message when a buddy identifier of the sender is in the nickname records of a recipient of the one or more recipients of the user-selected displayed chat message, otherwise displaying in the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region the public nickname of the sender,
wherein the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region is a title bar region of the chat history display.

7 more elements

A wireless mobile terminal comprising:

a processor;
a display, coupled to the processor;
at least one input device, coupled to the processor;
and
a storage device, coupled to the processor, having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to at least
receive via the at least one input device instructions to establish a plurality of chat threads,
receive a plurality of inbound chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of inbound chat messages comprising message content,
transmit a plurality of outbound chat messages, input via the at least one input device, corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of outbound chat messages comprising message content and being transmitted to at least one user-selected recipient to thereby become a sent chat message;
simultaneously display the message content of each of the pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads in a single content region of a chat history display,
receive at the at least one input device a selection of the displayed message content of a user-selected displayed chat message corresponding to one of the displayed inbound and sent chat messages;
and
in response to the selection of the displayed message content of the user-selected displayed chat message:
visually highlight in the single content region of the chat history display the displayed message content of each of the displayed inbound and sent chat messages associated with a particular chat thread corresponding to the user-selected display chat message;
and
display in a region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region a private nickname of a sender of the user-selected displayed chat message when a buddy identifier of the sender is in the nickname records of a recipient of the one or more recipients of the user-selected displayed chat message, otherwise display in the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region the public nickname of the sender,
wherein the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region is a title bar region of the chat history display.

13 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for performing the method of displaying a plurality of chat threads on a wireless mobile terminal comprising a user input device and a display, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of inbound chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of inbound chat messages comprising message content;
transmitting a plurality of outbound chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of outbound chat messages comprising message content and being transmitted to at least one user-selected recipient to thereby become a sent chat message;
simultaneously displaying the message content of each of the pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads in a single content region of a chat history display;
receiving at the user input device a user selection of the displayed message content of a user-selected displayed chat message corresponding to one of the displayed pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages;
and
in response to the user selection of the displayed message content of the user-selected displayed chat message:
visually highlighting in the single content region of the chat history display the displayed message content of each of the displayed inbound and sent chat messages associated with a particular chat thread corresponding to the user-selected displayed chat message;
and
displaying in a region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region a private nickname of a sender of the user-selected displayed chat message when a buddy identifier of the sender is in the nickname records of a recipient of the one or more recipients of the user-selected displayed chat message, otherwise displaying in the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region the public nickname of the sender,
wherein the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region is a title bar region of the chat history display.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/437,200Filed 2 Apr 2012 · continuation
Priority: 17 Jul 2002
Published: US 2012/0191796 A126 Jul 2012
Granted: 22 Jul 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification28 codes

H04L 12/1827
For computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms: network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
H04L 12/1813
For broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast: for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms
H04L 51/04
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: real-time or…

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Application10/197,022Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Jul 2002
US 2012/0191796 A1Pre-grant publication · published 26 Jul 2012
US 8,150,922 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2004/0015553 A1Published application
US 8,788,603 B2This patent

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