Patent ID: 8521827

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of presenting information at a computer device that includes a display device, the method being implemented by hardware in combination with software, the method comprising: receiving, at the computer device, a message comprising: first message information, second message information, display format information comprising a display formats in which the first message information and the second message information are to be displayed, display rules information comprising a display condition in which the first message information and second message information are to be displayed, and expiration information comprising a predefined point in time at which the message is to be purged from a message cache; selectively displaying the first message information in a first content area of the display device, wherein, absent a user action in the first content area while the first message information is being displayed in the first content area, the first content area is closed after a predetermined amount of time; displaying the second message information in a second content area of the display device in response to the user action in the first content area while the first message information is being displayed in the first content area.