Instant Messaging

摘要

Disclosed is a user device comprising a display having an available display area, a network interface, and one or more processors. The network interface is configured to transmit and receive messages between the user device and a communication network in an instant messaging communication session. A client application executed on the one or more processors has a user interface capable of operating in a conversation mode or in an engagement mode. The client application is configured to detect a condition indicative of the level of engagement of the user by analyzing the user's activity at the user device and responsive to the detected condition to modify the client user interface, when configured to operate in one of said modes, to operate in the other of said modes instead.

主权项

1. A user device comprising:
a display having an available display area; a network interface configured to transmit and receive messages between the user device and a communication network in an instant messaging communication session, the messages constituting a sequence of messages in which a user of the user device is engaged by instigating transmission of new messages in response to receipt of received messages in the communication session; one or more processors configured to run a client application having a user interface capable of operating in a conversation mode to display one or more of the messages in the available display area or in an engagement mode to display one or more of the messages, each displayed message in the engagement mode occupying a larger respective proportion of the available display area than in the conversation mode; wherein the client application is configured to detect a condition indicative of the level of engagement of the user by analyzing the user's activity at the user device and responsive to the detected condition to modify the client user interface, when configured to operate in one of said modes, to operate in the other of said modes instead.