SENDING INSTANT MESSAGING CUSTOMIZATION ITEMS
(19)AUSTRALIAN PATENT OFFICE(54) Title SENDING INSTANT MESSAGING CUSTOMIZATION ITEMS (51)6 International Patent Classification(s) G06F 015/16(21) Application No: 2003238768 (22) Application Date: 2003.05.30(87) WIPONo: WO03/102799 (30) Priority Data (31) Number (32) Date 60/416,902 2002.10.09 10/305,015 2002.11.27 10/334,128 2002.12.31 60/384,147 2002.05.31 (33) Country US USus us(43) Publication Date : 2003.12.19(43) Publication Journal Date : 2004.02.12(71) Applicant(s) AMERICA ONLINE, INC.(72) Inventor(s) UBERTI, Justin; WICK, Andrew, L;Brian ; ODELL, James, A.YIN, Xiaoyan; ZHANG, Xiaopeng; HEIKES, (H) Application NoAU2003238768 A1(19)AUSTRALIAN PATENT OFFICE(54) Title SENDING INSTANT MESSAGING CUSTOMIZATION ITEMS (51)6 International Patent Classification(s) G06F 015/16(21) Application No: 2003238768 (22) Application Date: 2003.05.30(87) WIPONo: WO03/102799 (30) Priority Data (31) Number (32) Date 60/416,902 2002.10.09 10/305,015 2002.11.27 10/334,128 2002.12.31 60/384,147 2002.05.31 (33) Country US USus us(43) Publication Date : 2003.12.19(43) Publication Journal Date : 2004.02.12(71) Applicant(s) AMERICA ONLINE, INC.(72) Inventor(s) UBERTI, Justin; WICK, Andrew, L;Brian ; ODELL, James, A.YIN, Xiaoyan; ZHANG, Xiaopeng; HEIKES, Perception of wallpaper in an instant messaging communications session may be enabled by rendering, on an instant message recipient system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least one instant message recipient and an instant message sender, receiving a message that includes a text message and wallpaper to be displayed by the IM recipient when perceiving the text message, the wallpaper being selected by the instant message sender system, and rendering the wallpaper at the instant message recipient system when rendering another portion of the message.