Patent ID: 11876761
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A method comprising:
rendering, using a contact list module executing on a computing device including at least one processor, one or more visual cue graphical rendering control elements for controlling whether a visual cue graphical element representative of a visual cue for a contact or a group of contacts is provided as part of a messenger application graphical user interface (GUI);
generating, using the contact list module executing on the computing device, visual cue control generation data in response to user input to enable the visual cue graphical element to be provided as part of the messenger application GUI;
generating, using a visual cue module executing on the computing device, visual cue data indicative of a visual cue assigned for the contact or the group of contacts from a contact list based on the visual cue control display data; and
outputting, using a messenger module executing on the computing device, the messenger application GUI that includes a compose message field, a message window with a message thread between a user and the contact or the group of contacts, and a virtual keyboard,
wherein the messenger module is programmed to output the messenger application GUI with the visual cue graphical element representative of the visual cue to provide a visual indication of the contact or the group of contacts on the display to the user based on the visual cue data, and
wherein the visual cue graphical element for the visual cue is associated with one of the compose message field, the message window, or at least one virtual key of the virtual keyboard.