Patent ID: 7661067
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for enabling a user to generate a quick response to an instant messaging chat conversation, the computer implemented method comprising: displaying a set of instant messaging chat conversations to a user in a scrolling chat window adjacent to a main chat window comprising an active instant messaging conversation of the user; receiving user input selecting a chat turn in the set of instant messaging conversations in the scrolling chat window to form a selected chat turn; responsive to receiving the user input selecting a chat turn in the scrolling chat window, providing a user input region to the user without loading the selected chat turn into the main chat window, wherein the user input region is used to receive an instant message from the user; creating a link between the user input region and an identifier of the selected chat turn in an extensible markup language document associated with the selected chat turn; and responsive to the user entering an instant message into the user input region, sending the instant message to all participants in the selected chat turn.