Facilitating Communications Between Computer Users Across a Network
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    发明申请
    Facilitating Communications Between Computer Users Across a Network 有权
    促进计算机用户跨网络的通信

    公开(公告)号:US20090019376A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-15

    申请号:US12198633

    申请日:2008-08-26

    IPC分类号: G06F3/048

    摘要: A stand-alone icon (i.e., an icon that is not part of an application interface) is provided to facilitate communications across a network between users of at least one communications program. The icon represents a contact or a set of contacts. Status information regarding the contact or set of contacts is received and displayed using the icon or in response to an operation performed on the icon. The icon additionally may provide an interface for performing actions related to the contact or set of contacts. The actions may generally include, for example, retrieving profile information about the contact, setting an alert to indicate that the contact's network/login status (e.g., login, logout, or idle) has changed, or performing communications with the contact.

    摘要翻译: 提供独立图标(即,不是应用程序接口的一部分的图标)以便于跨至少一个通信程序的用户之间的网络进行通信。 该图标表示联系人或一组联系人。 使用图标或响应于对图标执行的操作来接收和显示关于联系人或联系人的状态信息。 该图标另外可以提供用于执行与联系人或联系人集相关的动作的界面。 动作通常可以包括例如检索关于联系人的简档信息,设置警报以指示联系人的网络/登录状态(例如,登录,注销或空闲)已经改变,或者与联系人进行通信。