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Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2017
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Shiladitya Sircar, Ottawa, CA;

Sean Hungerford, Kitchener, CA;

Bradford Lawrence Spencer, Hammonds Plains, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/043 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for private text chatting. A request is sent to a remote device to establish a private text chat session. Prior to receiving an acceptance of the private chat session request from the remote device, at least one text chat message is received from the remote device and stored. The acceptance of the private chat session request is received from the remote device. Subsequent to receiving the acceptance of the private chat session request, a private text chat session interface is displayed to conduct the private text chat session. The received at least one text chat message is displayed in the private text chat session interface.


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