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

Claim 20:
21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause an electronic device to:
display a list of contacts on a display of the electronic device;
receive a first input for selecting a first contact from the list of contacts;
display, based on receiving the first input, a first image corresponding to the first contact on a first area of the display;
obtain a first instant message corresponding to the first contact;
display, while the first image is displayed in the first area, the first instant message in the first area;
automatically obtain, from a network service, an updated first instant message corresponding to the first contact;
automatically obtain, from the network service, an updated second instant message corresponding to a second contact; and
display the updated first instant message in the first area and the updated second instant message in the second area.