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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2014
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Michael Frederick Harness Clarke, Waterloo, CA;
Sanjay Kalyanasundaram, Kitchener, CA;
Santiago Carbonell Duque, Bogota, CO;
Calvin Roex, North Vancouver, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
Communication devices, computer readable media and methods are provided for managing a group messaging session. A graphical user interface comprising a conversation window and a multiplicity of avatars is displayed. Each avatar represents one of a multiplicity of group members. Responsive to transmission of a multicast message from a sending communication device for delivery to the multiplicity of group members, a first status update message indicating delivery of the multicast message to a corresponding receiving communication device for each group member is received. Responsive to receiving the status update message, a delivery notification for each of the multiplicity of group members is displayed. The notification is associated with a corresponding one of the avatars. Further, a second status update message indicating that the multicast message was read at a corresponding receiving communication device is received and a read notification for each of the multiplicity of group members is displayed.