Patent ID: 7552181
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing instant messaging, comprising: registering an instant messaging sub-process as a sub-process of a running program, wherein the running program exclusively occupies window resources of a system; displaying a sub-window corresponding to the instant messaging sub-process within the window of the running program; and establishing communications between the instant messaging sub-process and an instant messaging program to provide instant messages via the sub-window within the window of the running program, wherein the method further comprises: setting a register function for defining a trigger condition for calling the register function, deciding whether a current event is the trigger condition for calling the register function, wherein the instant messaging sub-process is registered if the trigger condition for calling the register function is satisfied, and registering the instant messaging sub-process as the sub-process of the running program comprises: acquiring the process of the current running program, creating the instant messaging sub-process, registering the created instant messaging sub-process as the sub-process of the acquired process of the current running program; wherein displaying the sub-window corresponding to the instant messaging sub-process within the window of the running program comprises: displaying the sub-window corresponding to the instant messaging sub-process according to the affiliation of the instant messaging sub-process and the process of the current running program.