Method and apparatus initiating instant messaging

摘要

A mobile telephone terminal provides a user with a selectable option to transfer a telephone call to an instant messaging session and to transfer an instant messaging session to a telephone call. A presence attribute indicator for a first party is displayed with an entry associated with the telephone number of the first party. A user has a selectable option for initiating instant messaging with the party. The mobile telephone provides a customized menu of selectable options for initiating communication. The menu is dependent upon received presence attribute information. A calendar application can store the content of an instant messaging dialog in an appointment record. When an application accesses a stored telephone number of a party the stored instant messaging address of that party is automatically accessed and when the application accesses a stored instant messaging address of a party, the stored telephone number of that party is automatically accessed.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and a memory that stores computer program code, at least one mobile telephone application, an instant messaging client and a database comprising entries in which an instant messaging address of a party and a telephone number of the party are associated together in an entry associated with the party, where the memory and computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus at least to display with the mobile telephone application an entry associated with a first party and to provide to a user, while displaying the entry, a selectable option that is configured to initiate instant messaging with the first party using the instant messaging address stored in the entry.