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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
James E. Pycock, Cambridge, GB;
Mete Atamel, London, GB;
Jimmy Enrico Jacques Holzer, London, GB;
Jakob O. Engstrand, London, GB;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method implemented by a client application when executed on a user device during an instant messaging communication between said user device and at least one further device, the method comprising: transmitting a first message comprising media data over a communication network from said user device to said at least one further device; receiving a second message comprising further media data transmitted over said communication network from said at least one further device; determining that the media data and the further media data are of the same data type; and generating a composite media object based on the media data and the further media data in response to said determination and displaying the composite media object on a display of said user device.