Interlacing responses within an instant messaging system

摘要

A computer-implemented method of interlacing responses within an instant messaging (IM) system can include, responsive to a request from a user in an IM session, storing an IM message fragment input by the user and associating the IM message fragment with a message selected from an IM session transcript. The method can include recalling the IM message fragment and outputting, at least in part, the IM message fragment in response to the message.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method within an instant messaging (IM) system, comprising:
storing, responsive to a request from a user within an IM session, an IM message fragment; receiving, from the user, a selection of one of a plurality of messages within an IM session transcript; generating an association between the stored IM message fragment and the selected one of the plurality of messages; recalling, responsive to a user input, the stored IM message fragment; and presenting the recalled IM message fragment within an input field of the IM session, wherein the IM message fragment has not been transmitted from the user to an intended recipient of the IM message fragment, and the IM session transcript includes messages from both the user and the intended recipient.