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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Shiladitya Sircar, Ottawa, CA;
Sean Hungerford, Kitchener, CA;
Bradford Lawrence Spencer, Hammonds Plains, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/043 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for private text chatting. A request to a remote device to establish a private text chat session is either sent or received. Based on the sending or receiving, an acceptance from the remote device accepting the request is received. Based on the sending or receiving, a separate user interface to conduct the private text chat session is presented. Private text chat messages are exchanged in association with the private text chat session based on and subsequent to the receiving and the presenting.