Patent ID: 9270806
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A machine-implemented method for presenting profile information on an electronic device of a user, the profile information being associated with a contact of the user, the method comprising: comparing profile information of the user to profile information of other users; automatically creating a preset group of contacts for the user based on the comparison, the preset group of contacts having profile information that at least partially matches the profile information of the user; receiving first user input specifying that the preset group be included within a plurality of participants of a group conversation, the group conversation for sharing communication messages among the plurality of participants; including, in response to the received first user input, the preset group within the plurality of participants of the group conversation; displaying, on a graphical user interface of the electronic device, a plurality of contact icons, each contact icon respectively corresponding to one of the plurality of participants; receiving second user input which specifies selection of a contact icon from among the plurality of contact icons; and displaying profile information of the participant corresponding to the selected contact icon on the graphical user interface in response to the received second user input.