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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2012
Chris Michael Griffin, Naperville, IL (US);
Bashar Jano, Algonquin, IL (US);
Jin Woo Lee, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Mihaela Kamenova Mihaylova, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Christopher Robert Dale Wilson, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Chris Michael Griffin, Naperville, IL (US);
Bashar Jano, Algonquin, IL (US);
Jin Woo Lee, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Mihaela Kamenova Mihaylova, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Christopher Robert Dale Wilson, Carpentersville, IL (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A single content region in a chat history display is used to display entries representative of a plurality of messages corresponding to all chat histories for all of chat threads currently engaged in by a given mobile terminal. Additionally, a buddy list display supports management of chat buddies, a detail view display allows otherwise truncated messages to be displayed, and a text message editor display supports the composition of text messages. Each chat user may designate public display identifiers for purposes of identification to other chat users. Additionally, each user may designate private display identifiers for each of his/her buddies, which private display identifiers may be used to replace the public display identifiers for that user's buddies when displayed on the user's mobile terminal. In this manner, the use of speech and text based group chatting and similar services in wireless communication environments is more readily enabled.