Patent ID: 9071464
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for message notification in instant messaging having a messaging window with a first size and a minimized size smaller than the first size and in which the content of an instant message is out of focus, the method comprising: receiving a message from a first user with a first user's computing device at a second user's computing device, the message including a sender identification that identifies the first user and content, the content being different than the sender identification; comparing with a parser running on the second user's computing device the content of the received message with a set of entries in a database, each entry being associated with a category; matching the content with a one of the entries, wherein the category associated with the one of the entries includes positive and negative categories and the content having additional information with additional different one or more categories provided for the message, each additional category having an associated form of notification provided for each of the additional category; and displaying a notification of the category of the one of the entries in the messaging window while it is in the minimized smaller size on the second user's computing device without expanding the messaging window to its first size to allow the content to be read and displaying the notification in a form representing the category of a message content and representing the associated form of notification provided for each of the additional category.