Patent ID: 7278108
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a plurality of concurrent IM sessions: providing a graphical interface to display information related to a plurality of IM sessions, wherein each IM session in the plurality of IM sessions is with a different session than the sessions of the other IM sessions in the plurality of IM sessions; displaying a first one of the plurality of IM sessions in a single IM session window; representing each one of the plurality of IM sessions as a corresponding one of a plurality of indicators in the single IM session window; receiving a plurality of messages in one or more of the plurality of IM sessions; indicating the number of messages received in one or more of the plurality of IM sessions in the respective indicators in the single IM session window which corresponds to the one or more of the plurality of IM sessions in response to receiving the plurality of messages, wherein indicating the number of messages comprises displaying a number of first symbols within each of the indicators corresponding to the number of messages; and upon reaching a number of messages equal to a specified threshold, displaying a second symbol to indicate that the numbers of messages are above the threshold.