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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2008
Dennis Takchi Cheung, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gad Ittah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mohammad Rafiushan Khan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nikita Shah, Chicago, IL (US);
Elizabeth I. Yang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Baskaran Dharmarajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dennis Takchi Cheung, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gad Ittah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mohammad Rafiushan Khan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nikita Shah, Chicago, IL (US);
Elizabeth I. Yang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Baskaran Dharmarajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Providing integrated multi-session instant messaging in a single instant messaging window. A user interface has an instant messaging window for displaying a plurality of conversation panes representative of concurrent instant messaging sessions between a local user and a plurality of remote users. Each conversation pane represents one of the messaging sessions. A plurality of message components correspond to the conversations panes so that each message component corresponds to one conversation pane. Each message component is arranged in the corresponding conversation pane and displays text from an instant message. The conversation display area displays at least two of the conversation panes linearly along the height of the window so that the message components arranged in the at least two conversation panes are simultaneously viewable.