SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE CHAT SESSIONS

摘要

A multichat messaging feature enables a user of the device to keep track of and manage multiple chats at once. A quickswitch area includes empty slots that can be filled by the user with avatars corresponding to one to one or group chats. Each avatar is displayed with an indicator showing whether there are new messages within the corresponding chat. The avatars in the quickswitch area may be ordered according to the recency of the messages in the associated conversations. The user has the ability to open a conversation that corresponds to an avatar in the quickswitch area by dragging that avatar from the quickswitch area to either an active conversation area or inactive conversation area. The active conversation area corresponds to a conversation in which the user is actively engaged and has a different visual appearance than the inactive conversation area. The active conversation area, in addition to the text of the active conversation, may include a contact name and avatar for the individual or group participating in the conversation with the user of the device. The inactive conversation area, in addition to selected text of the inactive, but open, conversation, includes an avatar and/or a contact name for the individual or group involved in the inactive conversation.

主权项

1. A computer system for managing multiple chat sessions comprising:
a graphical display; a computer processor; a computer memory; and computer code stored in the computer memory and configured to cause the processor to manipulate graphics on the graphical display, the computer code including: computer code configured to cause the processor to display on the graphical display a quickswitch area; computer code configured to cause the processor to display on the graphical display an active message area and an inactive message area, the active message area and the inactive message area being adjacent each other; and computer code configured to cause the processor to send at least one message to participants associated with the active message area on behalf of a user of the computer system.