Expandable Graphical Icon for Response to Electronic Text Transmission

摘要

A graphical user interface utility for message data sent from a sender personal communications device to a recipient personal communications device displays a base response prompt, according to an instruction from the sender, in the message data that appears on the recipient personal communications device. The graphical user interface utility changes the appearance of the base response prompt when the base response prompt is selected by the recipient by displaying one or more recipient-actuable selection elements along with the message content. At least one of the one or more recipient-actuable selection elements has an associated response signal that is transmitted back to the sender according to recipient selection.

主权项

1. A graphical user interface utility for message data sent from a sender personal communications device to a recipient personal communications device, wherein the graphical user interface utility displays a base response prompt, according to an instruction from the sender personal communications device, in the message data that appears on the recipient personal communications device;
wherein the graphical user interface utility changes the appearance of the base response prompt when the base response prompt is selected by a recipient by displaying one or more recipient-actuable selection elements along with the message content; and wherein at least one of the one or more recipient-actuable selection elements has an associated response signal that is transmitted back to the sender device according to the recipient selection.