Patent ID: 7734702

Claim:
A method for correcting text message displayed on terminals communicating over an instant messaging communication network, the method comprising: inputting a text message in a viewing window of a first terminal; transmitting a first packet having the inputted text message to a second terminal by way of an instant messaging communication; correcting a corresponding letter in the text message, using the first terminal, in response to recognizing a typing error in the text message transferred to the second terminal over the instant messaging communication; and transmitting from the first terminal to the second terminal a second packet comprising information related to the corrected letter, so that the text message displayed in a viewing window of the second terminal is updated with the corrected letter, wherein the second packet comprises information related to the corrected letter excluding other content of the text message; wherein the corrected letter is displayed in a specific way different from displaying of non-corrected letters in the text message based on the information related to the corrected letter; and wherein the specific way includes making the corresponding text bold, colored, blinking and underlined.