Patent ID: 8260865

Claim:
In a distributed computer system, a method for processing instant message information, the method comprising acts of: receiving, at a client computer, a plurality of instant messages from a plurality of users, at least one instant message having modified information having structured content including at least one attribute identified from unstructured content of the at least one instant message; identifying a plurality of conversations, each of which is associated with at least one of the plurality of users; displaying simultaneously, to a user of the client computer, an interface that shows information relating to a first one of the plurality of conversations associated with a first one of the plurality of users and information relating to a second one of the plurality of conversations associated with a second one of the plurality of users, wherein the second one of the plurality of users is not associated with the first one of the plurality of conversations; and displaying within the interface at least one portion of the unstructured content in a particular row of a message grid associated with a respective conversation, wherein the at least one portion of the unstructured content is displayed in the particular row of the message grid responsive to the structured content including the at least one identified attribute.