Patent ID: 7877450
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring instant messaging sessions, the method comprising: receiving an indication that a user is signed on to a first instant messaging controller on a first device; receiving an indication that the user is signed on to a second instant messaging controller on a second device; in response to receiving the indication that the user is signed on to the first instant messaging controller on the first device, enabling the user to engage in one or more instant messaging sessions using the first instant messaging controller on the first device; based on receiving the indication that the user is signed on to the first instant messaging controller on the first device and the indication that the user is signed on to the second instant messaging controller on the second device, determining that the user is signed on concurrently to both the first instant messaging controller on the first device and the second instant messaging controller on the second device; in response to determining that the user is signed on concurrently to both the first instant messaging controller on the first device and the second instant messaging controller on the second device, enabling the user to select an instant messaging session from among the one or more instant messaging sessions to transfer from the first instant messaging controller on the first device to the second instant messaging controller on the second device; while the user is signed on concurrently to both the first instant messaging controller on the first device and the second instant messaging controller on the second device and while the user is engaged in the one or more instant messaging sessions on the first instant messaging controller on the first device, receiving a selection from the user to transfer the one or more instant messaging sessions from the first instant messaging controller on the first device to the second instant messaging controller on the second device; responsive to the received user selection, transferring at least a portion of the one or more selected instant messaging sessions from the first instant messaging controller on the first device to the second instant messaging controller on the second device; and enabling perception, on the second instant messaging controller on the second device, of the transferred portion of the one or more instant messaging sessions.