System, method and apparatus for communicating via instant messaging
US7043530B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/224
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for facilitating communication among a number of distributed clients in a distributed network is disclosed. A user, such as through a personal digital assistant device, may select one or more instant messages for transmission to one or more other users in the network. The instant messages may be sound instant message and/or text instant messages. During messaging, message status indicators provide users with the status of their respective messages. In one embodiment, the messages may be deemed to be either pending or received as distinguished by a pending status indicator and a received status indicator.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.