Patent ID: 8930463
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: while a plurality of users are participating in a conversation, receiving a trigger string; wherein text of the conversation is displayed within a shared conversation window displayed by at least a first messaging client and a second messaging client; wherein, within the shared conversation window, a sequence in which text is entered determines a position of the text, relative to other text, in the shared conversation window; wherein the first messaging client and the second messaging client belong to a messaging system; wherein the trigger string was submitted through a text input interface provided by the first messaging client; in response to receiving the trigger string through the text input interface provided by the first messaging client, causing at least (a) the first messaging client and (b) the second messaging client to generate an initial display of a string-triggered visual image; wherein the initial display of the string-triggered visual image exhibits at least one of: wherein said computer-implemented steps of said method are performed by one or more computing devices.