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Amy Wai-Yee Ip

Geeven Singh

Aarthi Natarajan

Brian Scott Moudy

Asta Jane Roseway

George Joy

Melora Zaner-Godsey

Ranjib Singh Badh

Nicole Danielle Steinbok

Vasudha Chandrasekaran

Steven Abrahams

Troy A Schauls

Marcella C S Rader

Seshagiri Panchapagesan

Vlad Cretu

Richard Michael Eames

Jeroen Van Turennout

Alexandra K Heron

Alexander K Heron

Marcella CS Rader

A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives an indication that a conversation window for a first messaging contact is desirably collapsed, wherein the conversation window for the first messaging contact corresponds to an instant messaging application that is executable on a computing device. The system can further include a window minimizer component that collapses the conversation window into a contacts window of the instant messaging application, wherein the contacts window depicts a graphical indication of at least the first contact, wherein the graphical indication is highlighted to indicate that a conversation exists with the first messaging contact.

Modifying conversation windows

Various technologies pertaining to instant messaging are described herein. A persistent instant messaging group is created, wherein the persistent instant messaging group comprises a plurality of members and persists over a plurality of instant messaging sessions. Instances of an instant messaging application are installed on mobile telephones, and the instant messaging application is used to transmit instant messages between members of the persistent instant messaging group. Messages directed towards offline members of the persistent instant messaging group are transmitted to such members when they come online.

Persisting a group in an instant messaging application

A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a request to create a persistent messaging group for an instant messaging application, wherein the request includes an indication of one or more entities that are desired to be members of the persistent messaging group. The system further includes a group creator component that creates the persistent messaging group based at least in part upon the received group creation request, wherein the persistent messaging group is persisted over multiple instant messaging sessions.

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Kirkland, WA, United States of America

Amy Wai-Yee Ip