US 12,238,455 B2
Method and apparatus for initiating and managing chat sessions
Justin Wood, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Peter Westen, Mountain View, CA (US); and Pierre De Filippis, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/896,095.
Application 16/896,095 is a continuation of application No. 16/173,960, filed on Oct. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,681,307, issued on Jun. 9, 2020.
Application 16/173,960 is a continuation of application No. 14/492,719, filed on Sep. 22, 2014, granted, now 10,116,900, issued on Oct. 30, 2018.
Application 14/492,719 is a continuation of application No. 12/549,798, filed on Aug. 28, 2009, granted, now 8,843,834, issued on Sep. 23, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0374489 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/15 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 12/1827 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium comprising machine-executable instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a first request to participate in a group communication session via a first communication service, wherein the group communication session comprises three or more participants;
in response to the first request, initialize the group communication session via the first communication service, wherein the first communication service comprises a group text-based communication service;
during the group communication session, receive a second request to participate in the group communication session via a second communication service;
in response to the second request, determine whether each participant of the three or more participants comprises a respective account associated with the second communication service, wherein a set of participants of the three or more participants consists of participants that each comprise a respective account associated with the second communication service; and
transition the set of participants of the three or more participants of the group communication session from the first communication service to the second communication service.