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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2006
Michael Don Sego, Arcadia, CA (US);
Aaron D. Whyte, San Jose, CA (US);
Braden Kowitz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Keith H. Coleman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Don Sego, Arcadia, CA (US);
Aaron D. Whyte, San Jose, CA (US);
Braden Kowitz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Keith H. Coleman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Chat messages in a chat session may be displayed in a timeline view. Messages are displayed in a first display region. Timestamps of the chat messages are displayed in a second region. The messages are aligned with their respective timestamps, akin to a timeline. Timestamps for all messages need not be displayed; a timestamp may be omitted if the corresponding message occurs in the 'same' time as another message. Breaks of no messaging activity that are longer than a predefined amount of time are shown with graphical objects such as a line. The objects also indicate the length of the break.