Patent ID: 9584448
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for switching a participant list of potential message recipients from a first messaging mode to a second messaging mode, the method comprising: displaying a participant list in a first messaging mode to a user, the participant list including communication participants selected by the user from participants with whom the user exchanges one or more messages in the first messaging mode and categories of communication participants; receiving, from the user, an indication to switch to a participant list in a second messaging mode, the participant list in the second messaging mode including communication participants selected by the user from participants with whom the user exchanges one or more messages in the second messaging mode; transforming the participant list from the first messaging mode to the second messaging mode in response to the received indication, such that the participant list displayed in the second messaging mode only includes categories of communication participants that are not included in the participant list displayed in the first messaging mode, and one or more participant identifiers associated with the categories in the participant list displayed in the second messaging mode is a participant that is not associated with one of the categories in the participant list displayed in the first messaging mode, and different information about participants is provided in the second messaging mode; activating, in response to the transformation, a control related to the second messaging mode that enables the user to initiate communication associated with participants of the participant list in the second messaging mode; and displaying the participant list in the second messaging mode to the user.