Patent ID: 8819153
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A63F,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
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; 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, for a member included the participant list in the first messaging mode and included in the participant list in the second messaging mode, the participant list in the second messaging mode including additional information that is not included in the participant list in the first messaging mode, the additional information indicating status information of an activity performed by the member using 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.