Patent Document ID: 8832569
Application ID: 11338992

Base Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for providing instant messaging chat conversations to a user, the computer implemented method comprising: providing instant messaging chat conversations to a user via a scrolling chat window, wherein the scrolling chat window comprises a plurality of instant messaging chat conversations, wherein the scrolling chat window is adjacent to a main instant messaging chat window that comprises an active instant messaging conversation of the user, and wherein the scrolling chat window allows the user to scroll through and monitor the plurality of instant messaging chat conversations; receiving a first user input selecting a chat turn in an instant messaging chat conversation in the plurality of instant messaging chat conversations in the scrolling chat window; and responsive to receiving the first user input selecting a chat turn in the scrolling chat window, loading the selected instant messaging chat conversation into the main instant messaging chat window to display the selected instant messaging chat conversation in the main instant messaging chat window and allow the user to respond to the selected instant messaging chat conversation.

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Claim 3:
3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: responsive to receiving a user specification that particular content should be loaded in the scrolling chat window, updating the content of the scrolling chat window according to the user specification.