Patent ID: 8682980
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for managing messages for an instant messaging conversation, the computer implemented method comprising: displaying a menu in a window on a graphical user interface of a user for the instant messaging conversation, the menu including one or more selectable fields displayed in association with one or more user names associated with each of a plurality of selected parties; responsive to a user input during the instant messaging conversation, sending, by a processing unit, an invitation to each of the plurality of selected parties for the plurality of selected parties to join the instant messaging conversation; determining, for each of the plurality of selected parties, whether the user selected a command in the menu indicating that a plurality of messages already exchanged in the instant messaging conversation be sent to a selected party in the plurality of selected parties that joins the instant messaging conversation, including determining whether a selectable field of the one or more selectable fields displayed in association with the user name for the selected party was selected by the user wherein the plurality of messages are messages already exchanged in the instant messaging conversation between the user and at least one other party; responsive to a determination that the user selected the command in the menu indicating that the plurality of messages be sent to the selected party in the plurality of selected parties that joins the instant messaging conversation and responsive to receiving an acceptance of the invitation from the selected party, sending the plurality of messages at a selectable time to only parties in the plurality of selected parties for which the command in the menu was selected; and responsive to detecting that the selected party has declined the invitation to join the instant messaging conversation, not sending the plurality of messages to the selected party.