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Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2012
Applicant:

Chirag Shah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventor:

Chirag Shah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 15/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/588 (2013.01); H04L 12/581 (2013.01); H04L 15/32 (2013.01); H01L 51/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for initiating instant messaging within a social networking website. In one aspect, a method includes providing for display of a post associated with a first user and a second user within the social networking website and providing for display of a graphical component within the social networking website, and the graphical component provides an interface for requesting communication related to the post by instant messaging. The method further includes receiving a request for communication related to the post by instant messaging via the graphical component and initiating instant messaging between the first user and the second user in response to the received request for communication related to the post. Machine-readable media are also provided.


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