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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Skype, Dublin, IE;
Inventor:
Indrek Mandre, Tallinn, EE;
Assignee:
Skype, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); H04L 12/581 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 12/5815 (2013.01); H04L 51/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
User activity is communicated in a messaging system. Communication is performed by monitoring an input region displayed to a first user of the messaging system in a client executed at a user terminal of the first user; responsive to receiving a user activated input at the input region, analyzing the input and using the analysis to match the input to a type of user activity from a predetermined set of user activities; and transmitting a message comprising data representing the type of user activity from the user terminal of the first user to a user terminal of at least one other user of the messaging system over a communications network.