Patent ID: 7941493

Claim:
A method for multi-system instant messaging, comprising: establishing a first instant-messaging session in a single instant-messaging-session window by utilizing a processor, the first instant-messaging session being initiated with a first contact having a first instant-messaging account, the first instant-messaging account configured to transmit and receive instant-messaging messages using a first instant-messaging protocol; and establishing a second instant-messaging session in the single instant-messaging-session window by utilizing the processor, the second instant-messaging session being initiated with a second contact having a second instant-messaging account, the second instant-messaging account configured to transmit and receive instant-messaging messages using a second instant-messaging protocol, wherein the processor enables instant-messaging communications between the first and second contacts; reformatting an instant-messaging message from the first contact; and forwarding the instant-messaging message to the second contact after reformatting the instant-messaging message.