Patent ID: 9176647
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining that a personal status message for an instant messaging profile of a user in an instant messaging system changes at a frequency above a predetermined threshold, wherein updated personal status messages are sent to at least one user contact via the instant messaging system; in response to the determining, providing in a first user interface for changing the personal status message, an option to post subsequent personal status messages in a blog format in a blogging mode; after detecting that the option has been selected from the first user interface, initiating the blogging mode and providing a second user interface for entering and posting the subsequent personal status messages in the blog format with at least one previously posted personal status message from the first user interface; detecting an automatic update of the personal status message based upon at least one of an activity, an action or an accomplishment detected by a third party application; providing access to the second user interface in the blogging mode in response to detecting the automatic update; and communicating with the instant messaging system to enable the at least one contact to view the blog format and the subsequent personal status messages via the instant messaging system as the subsequent personal status messages are posted.