Patent ID: 9083790
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: engaging, by a first telephone device operated by a first user, in a text message exchange with a second telephone device operated by a second user; and responsive to the engaging, obtaining by the first telephone device, from a plurality of image-sources, a plurality of images associated with the second user, and presenting by the first telephone device, on a user interface, the plurality of obtained images, wherein presenting the plurality of obtained images on the user interface comprises presenting on the user interface a split screen including a first portion showing the text message exchange and a separate second portion showing the plurality of obtained images, wherein obtaining by the first telephone device from the plurality of image-sources the plurality of images associated with the second user comprises (a) obtaining by the first telephone device, as one or more of the plurality of images, one or more images from a social network account of the second user and (b) obtaining by the first telephone device, as another one or more of the plurality of images, one or more other images from an image library stored by the first telephone device, wherein obtaining by the first telephone device the one or more images from the social network account of the second user comprises (i) accessing by the first telephone device a social network account of the first user, (ii) using, by the first telephone device, a social network connection between the accessed social network account of the first user and the social network account of the second user, to obtain through the accessed social network account of the first user the one or more images from the social network account of the second user, and wherein obtaining by the first telephone device the one or more other images from the image library stored on the first telephone device comprises (i) searching by the first telephone device through the image library to identify at least one image based on the at least one image being tagged with metadata associated with the second user and (ii) obtaining by the first telephone device from the image library the at least one identified image.