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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2012
Brian D. Heikes, Ashburn, VA (US);
Xiaoyan Yin, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Deborah R. Yurow, Arlington, VA (US);
Kelly Matthews, Bristow, VA (US);
Barry Appelman, McLean, VA (US);
Brian D. Heikes, Ashburn, VA (US);
Xiaoyan Yin, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Deborah R. Yurow, Arlington, VA (US);
Kelly Matthews, Bristow, VA (US);
Barry Appelman, McLean, VA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.