Patent ID: 9667769
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of managing a group messaging session among a plurality of mobile communication devices, the method comprising: displaying, on a display of a first mobile communication device of the plurality of mobile communication devices, a group messaging graphical user interface comprising a conversation window and a multiplicity of avatars, each avatar representing one of a multiplicity of group members designated as participants in the group messaging session, each group member corresponding to a mobile communication device of the plurality of mobile communication devices; responsive to transmission of a multicast message composed at and transmitted from a second mobile communication device of the plurality of mobile communication devices for delivery to the multiplicity of group members, receiving, at the first mobile communication device, one or more status update messages indicating delivery of the multicast message to the corresponding mobile communication device for each said group member; responsive to receiving the one or more status update messages, updating the group messaging graphical user interface at the first mobile communication device to display a delivery notification for each of the multiplicity of group members; receiving, at the first mobile communication device, a further status update message indicating that the multicast message transmitted from the second mobile communication device was read at a third mobile communication device of the plurality of mobile communication devices; and responsive to receiving the further status update message, updating the group messaging graphical user interface at the first mobile communication device to display a read notification for the group member corresponding to the third mobile communication device.