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US 7725128
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Patent summary
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US 7,725,128 B2 — Integrated instant messaging and web browsing client and related methods
Bibliographic data (from supplied text)
- Patent number: US 7,725,128 B2; Application US 11/673,490
- Inventors: Shaun Marsh, Michael Schultz, Paul Headley, Bill Kehoe
- Original assignee: GenMobi Tech Inc (later recorded assignee: GENMOBI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); current assignee listed as E2e Systems LLC (the source states listed assignees may be inaccurate and that no legal analysis was made)
- Priority date: 2006-09-06 (described as an assumption); Filed: 2007-02-09; Granted/published: 2010-05-25
- Anticipated expiration: 2027-02-09; legal status "Active" (assumption, not a legal conclusion)
- Classification: G06Q 10/107 (computer-aided e-mail management)
- Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7725128/en
Purpose. The patent addresses the difficulty mobile-device users have switching between separate applications, such as instant messaging and web browsing, on devices with limited input mechanisms. It describes a single integrated application in which a display and control module runs instant messaging and web browsing sub-modules substantially simultaneously, sharing data, so a user can message and browse without opening a new program.
Plain-language scope (based on the text supplied). The disclosure describes:
- A system with an instant messaging subsystem, a web browsing subsystem, and a display and control module operating both substantially simultaneously, connected to a network (applicable to mobile phones, PDAs and other embedded devices).
- A user interface with a main window (web page, IM dialog, menu, or both in parallel), a "message bar" (e.g., a ticker-tape alert for incoming messages or completed page loads), and input/menu buttons.
- Background threads executing browsing and messaging in parallel.
- A machine-readable medium whose instructions perform receiving/sending instant messages and receiving web page content substantially simultaneously.
- A method involving a network offering, mobile-device software, preapproving web site content by criteria, and providing access to that preapproved content (framed as improving child safety and generating revenue from sites that pay the network a fee).
Not established by this excerpt. The provided text is an excerpt; it omits most of the detailed description and all claims. It therefore does not establish the exact claim language or claim scope, the full figure contents, the complete specification, or the precise preapproval criteria and fee mechanics. It also does not establish any litigation, ownership-transfer details, validity, or prior-art comparisons, which were outside the scope of this overview.
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