Patent ID: 11889014
Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
displaying a list of contacts on a display of an electronic device;
receiving a first input for selecting a first contact from the list of contacts;
displaying, based on receiving the first input, a first image of the first contact on a first area of the display;
obtaining a first instant message corresponding to the first contact;
displaying, while the first image is displayed in the first area, the first instant message in the first area;
automatically obtaining, from a network service, an updated first instant message corresponding to the first contact;
automatically obtaining, from the network service, an updated second instant message corresponding to a second contact; and
displaying the updated first instant message in the first area and the updated second instant message in the second area.