Patent ID: 8176134
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a message thread including a series of messages transmitted to and received from a same counterpart by a client terminal supporting a messaging service, the method comprising the steps of: generating a message for a conversational message communication according to an input from a user; transmitting the generated message, which includes a specific thread ID corresponding to a recipient terminal for the generated message; receiving the message for the conversational message communication; detecting the specific thread identifier (ID) from the received message; and displaying at least one message corresponding to the specific thread ID and the received message in a single window, wherein the client terminal supports a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based Converged Internet Protocol Messaging Service (CPMS), and the recipient terminal supports another messaging service, and wherein a message format of the transmitted message is converted into a message format that is supported in the another messaging service, and the converted message including the specific thread ID is transmitted to the recipient terminal.