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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131433 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A VERSION OF A FILE A method for versioning is provided. The method includes receiving a command to compose a primary communication, and receiving a command to include a secondary communication with the primary communication. The method also includes determining a version of the secondary ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131474 | Switching of Emails in a Conversation Thread A method is disclosed for rendering messages in an email application on a client computer. A plurality of email messages is received from a server computer, including a first email message, a second email message and a third email message. The first email message is ren... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120084668 | MESSAGING A mechanism enabling a user whose user device has received a notification on messages waiting delivery, messages being deferred or waiting for another reason, to convey message-specific, possibly different handling instructions in one go to a network entity responsible ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING AN INTEGRATED MESSAGE USING PORTABLE DEVICE A method of sending an integrated message using a portable device according includes executing an integrated message application supporting a plurality of channels including at least two channels having different messaging schemes. An input window permits entry of a mes... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072855 | Web-Based User Interface Tool for Social Network Group Collaboration Members of a social networking system group are provided multiple interfaces to communicate within the group. A first communication interface allows a user to upload a first content item; in response to this, the first content item is transmitted via a first communicati... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072978 | Desired Font Rendering An embodiment of the invention provides a method for displaying a message from a first user to a second user, wherein the message from the first user is received in a system of the second user. The message includes text in an intended font and metadata, wherein the meta... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054641 | AVIONIC DATA DICTIONARY BASED MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD An avionics messaging system comprises a memory configured to store a plurality of pre-defined avionics message elements; a display unit configured to display data; a user input device configured to receive input from a user; and a processing unit configured to output a... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054642 | Sorted Inbox User Interface for Messaging Application At a client device with a display and in a method for displaying messages at the client device, the client device concurrently displays message information associated with a respective user by displaying first message information representing a first set of messages in ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047447 | Emotion based messaging system and statistical research tool A system that allows users to convey their emotional state of mind by means of selecting their mood from a toolbar when using applications such as instant messaging, SMS, MMS, emails, blogs, commenting etc. Different moods appear as different icons or in a drop-down box... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120039513 | LEVERAGING SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR MEDIA SHARING Social media account UIs are disclosed to allow users to easily manage all social media accounts. Photos are automatically shared based on image recognition with social networking contacts appearing in the photos. Movies are automatically created from related social med... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036454 | SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM CONSOLE A social media engagement system is configured for aggregating a plurality of messages originating from a plurality of social media networks, routing each of the plurality of messages based on predetermined workflow rules into a plurality of queues wherein the queues ar... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030588 | PROVIDING SOCIAL LIKENESS WITHIN A MESSAGING CONTEXT Embodiments are directed towards providing a likeness application that may be integrated into one or more different messaging applications to provide a user with an indication of how much the user may be liked by their messaging contacts. Such application is directed to... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030038 | Animated Messaging A method and apparatus that allows an animated interactive talking character to appear on a user's screen when conducting an Instant Messaging (IM) session. The character which is displayed on the user's screen is determined by a profile for the sender of the message. T... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023415 | TOOLBAR DOCUMENT CONTENT SHARING A system may provide a toolbar in a browser at a client, where the toolbar permits user selection from multiple different services for sharing document content. The system may receive a selection of a first one of the multiple different services from a user via the tool... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING E-MAIL A method of processing a reply to a received e-mail is provided. When a plurality of messages are contained in a received e-mail, the plurality of messages are divided into a plurality of groups, and the plurality of messages are output according to the groups.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023416 | ENHANCEMENT OF E-MAIL CLIENT USER INTERFACES AND E-MAIL MESSAGE FORMATS An enhancement to e-mail user interfaces and message formats includes a dynamic preview window to view and retrieve attachments and summaries of e-mail messages directly in the e-mail list view or inbox view without opening an e-mail message. The efficient viewing mecha... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017158 | System and Method for an Extendable Mobile Communications Device User Interface A system and method for an extendable software interface includes software architecture for use in a mobile device having a processor and a memory device. The software architecture includes a set of first-order controller software instructions configured to interface th... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120011448 | Building Email conversations by applying an Atomicity Dissection Method to extract atomic elements embedded in Emails and showing the constructed conversation without loss of conveyed meaning while transmitting conversations in separated units The Email Atomicity Dissection Method disclosed herein suggests an alternate and significantly more advanced view of a collection of Emails. Advancing the basic concept and usage of chronologically ordered emails, this method allows the emails in a multi-dimensional man... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120011444 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REFERENCING AN ATTACHMENT IN A COMMUNICATION Methods and systems are described for referencing an attachment in a communication. A first node representing a first communicant and a second node representing a second communicant communicate via a first communication including a resource as an attachment and includin... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120011449 | MESSAGING SYSTEM A method for communication includes steps for (a) connecting to a network-connected server by a subscriber operating a computerized appliance, (b) accessing by the subscriber an interactive interface provided by software executing on the server, (c) selecting by the sub... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120011450 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND SHARING AN INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL MEETING SPACE Embodiments of the invention provide a computer-implemented methods and systems for interactive communication in a network. The method includes creating, by a first user of a first device, an electronic greeting card comprising at least one interactive object. The elect... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110320960 | FLEXIBLE AUTOMATIC REPLY FEATURES FOR TEXT MESSAGING Systems and methods are disclosed for providing automatic reply features that send a personalized reply message to a sender of a text message. In one embodiment, a system includes a network interface that receives information on a text message sent to a recipient that h... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME INSPECTION INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPORTING A method and system for delivery and display of a completed inspection report to a recipient listed in a recipient list, the recipient associated with a recipient address, the recipient list associated with a respective inspection template, the respective one inspection... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110314390 | TECHNIQUES TO DYNAMICALLY MODIFY THEMES BASED ON MESSAGING Techniques to dynamically modify themes based on messaging. An apparatus may comprise a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory may store a theme manager component and a user interface component. The theme manager component, when exec... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110314391 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Dynamically Updating Transmission Characteristics in a Web Mail Reply A method, system and graphical user interface for dynamically updating transmission characteristics in a web mail reply are described. In one embodiment of the invention, a graphical user interface includes a web mail reply form that includes: one or more address fields... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307360 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR EMPLOYEE TIME EVENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VIEW OF PAYROLL PROCESS BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industri... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307363 | Managing Consistent Interfaces for Currency Conversion and Date and Time Business Objects Across Heterogeneous Systems A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industri... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307804 | ELECTRONIC MESSAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Embodiments of the invention relate to the creation of electronic message handling rules and to the creation of groups of electronic message recipient addresses. An automatic creation of electronic message rules or filters is dynamically based upon routine user actions ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307777 | WEB SERVICE USER EXPERIENCE WITHOUT UPFRONT STORAGE EXPENSE A system and method is provided for creating accounts for users of a service. An infrastructure associated with an invited user enables the invited user to view a document that is stored in association with another user. A server computer is capable of receiving an indi... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307355 | SECURE INSTANT MESSAGE-BASED SALES A server device may conduct an electronic sales transaction with a user device using instant message (IM)-based protocols, where the electronic sales transaction may include both: form-based IM communications that permit a form-based user interface (UI) to be displayed,... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110302505 | SHARING OF CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS Techniques are provided that allow users to collaborate in relationship to data views, application displays, applications or events. A user can type in a text view related to a specific view in an application display, and the information is shared with other users that ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110296316 | MANAGING AN ELECTRONIC MAIL IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK A method, a system and a computer program product for managing an electronic mail in a communication network is disclosed. A plurality of recursive parameters in a command list of a communication protocol associated with the electronic mail is provided. At least one of ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288923 | System and Method for Managing a Loyalty Program Via an Association Network Infrastructure A system and method for providing a loyalty program by utilizing a pre-existing association network. When a consumer is registered with the program, the consumer's personal information is stored in a database and associated with a token ID. The token is capable of initi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110289429 | Conversation Persistence in Real-time Collaboration System Previously conducted conversations in real-time collaboration messages are persistently stored, either by client or a server, and then are associated with conversational items presented to a user (e.g. contact names, topics, etc.). An icon is provided near each listed i... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110289428 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING AND EMBEDDING WIDGETS IN INSTANT MESSAGES An enhanced instant messaging environment is provided where end user can choose from a list of customizable widgets, personalize and embed the widgets within messages in minimal steps. By allowing the embedment of widgets in messages, the environment empowers users with... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282680 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS A computer system that is adapted for: (A) displaying a geographical map on a display screen; (B) displaying a plurality of icons on the geographical map, each of which generally represents the current location of at least one individual; (C) allowing a user to select a... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110283202 | USER INTERFACE PROXY METHOD AND SYSTEM A user interface proxy method and system. The method includes presenting by a computer processor, an application user interface request from a client computing system. The application user interface request includes parameters associated with an application user interfa... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276899 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REALIZING MESSAGE INTERACTIONS IN A MULTI-TABS APPLICATION A method is disclosed for performing message interactions in a multi-tab application program. The method includes creating one or more page windows corresponding to respective tabs in the multi-tab application program as one or more top-level windows and receiving an in... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276897 | STREAMLINED COLLABORATION ON DOCUMENT Collaborating on documents by e-mail may be streamlined into a unified process. In one example, a user creates a document in an online document service, and sends the document to collaborators by mailing a link to the document. The document may have permissions set so t... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276898 | Integrated Messaging Interface Solutions for providing an integrated, interactive graphical messaging interface, e.g., through a user supersystem as a communications hub. For example, interactions with the messaging interface may provide access to many different types of messaging functionality and m... | 11/10/2011 |
