Patent ID: 9544176
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: assembling, in a terminal device configured to communicate over a network, a primitive having information elements with a structure recognizable by the terminal device and at least one other entity configured to communicate over the network, the assembling including combining at least (i) a client identifying information element identifying an instant messaging (IM) client and (ii) a user of the IM client; and communicating the primitive from the terminal device to the network, wherein the IM client is installed in the terminal device, and implements an instant messaging service using the primitive, wherein the user of the IM client is a subscriber to the instant messaging service, wherein the information elements of the user of the IM client includes a user name and a password, wherein the information elements of the client identifying information element identifying the IM client includes an IM client name and an IM client address, wherein the IM client name is a name of the IM client that is used to send and receive messages to the user of the IM client accessing via the IM client and to record information based on the IM client, and wherein, when the user of the IM client first accesses the instant messaging service, the IM client determines to send to an IM server a null logon message that includes neither the password of the user nor identity of the IM client, and determines to send with the null logon a message indicating a schema implemented in the IM client.