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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Chris Wormald, Kitchener, CA;
Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Waterloo, CA;
Luis Pablo Estable, Hull, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 63/104 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for securing an instant messaging ('IM') conversation between at least a first and a second user, the first and second users having a first and a second client, respectively, in communication over a network, the method comprising: receiving a command from the first user through an input device and a graphical user interface ('GUI') presented on a display of the first client to disable copying of the IM conversation; and, transmitting a message to the second client to inform the second client and the second user that copying of the IM conversation has been disabled.