A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING MEDIA IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A method and system for handling media at a communication entity, wherein the media is associated with a communication session that is capable of ent ering an active state and an inactive state. The method comprises determinin g when the communication session is in an inactive state, causing the media associated with the communication session to be stored when the communicatio n session has entered an inactive state, and causing the stored media to be conveyed to a user of the communication entity upon determination that the c ommunication session has re-entered an active state.