MAIMULT A MINHA US010025475B1OUTLET ON TAL OLI MAN AT MAN INI (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 10 , 025 ,475 B1 Cohen ( 45 ) Date of Patent : * Jul. 17 , 2018 ( 54 ) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MESSAGE ( 56 ) References Cited REFERENCE MANAGEMENT U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS ( 71) Applicant : Wrinkl, Inc. , Sands Point , NY (US ) 9 ,218 ,603 B2 * 12 /2015 Kumar .. G06Q 10 / 10 2009 /0119371 A1 * 5 / 2009 Chang .. .. .. HO4L 12 / 1827 ( 72 ) Inventor: Marc A . Cohen , Blue Bell , PA (US ) 709 /206 2011 /0289406 A1 * 11 / 2011 Wassingbo .. G06F 3 /0488 (73 ) Assignee : Wrinkl, Inc ., Sands Point, NY (US ) 715 / 256 2014/ 0195621 Al * 7/ 2014 Rao DV .. .. .. H04L 12/ 1827 ( * ) Notice : Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 709 / 206 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 2016 /0179773 A1 * 6 / 2016 Shen .. .. GO6F 3 /0488 U . S . C . 154 (b ) by 0 days . 715 / 753 This patent is subject to a terminal dis 2010 / 0294742 AI * 10 / 2016 Weaver . .. .. .. .. G06Q 10 / 10 claimer . OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21 ) Appl. No. : 15 /858 ,696 WhatsApp Jun . 13 , 2016 . * (22 ) Filed : Dec . 29 , 2017 (Continued ) Primary Examiner — David Choi Related U . S . Application Data ( 74 ) Attorney , Agent, or Firm — Caesar Rivise , PC (63 ) Continuation - in -part of application No . 15 /431 , 077 , (57 ) ABSTRACT filed on Feb . 13 , 2017 , now Pat . No. 9 , 860 , 198 . A method for providing display of exchanged messages, the method comprises the steps of: allowing a plurality of users ( 60 ) Provisional application No . 62/ 518 , 905 , filed on Jun . to exchange messages within a channel on a plurality of 13, 2017 , provisional application No . 62 /446 , 067, displays as a message stream ; allowing a prompt to be at filed on Jan . 13 , 2017 . least partially displayed to one of the users on the display ; allowing the one of the users to select the prompt; recording (51 ) Int. Ci. in the memory one of the user identifiers associated with the G06F 3 / 0484 ( 2013 .01 ) one of the users responsive to the one of the users selecting GOOF 17 / 24 ( 2006 . 01 ) the prompt ; creating a message responsive to the one of the H04L 12 /58 ( 2006 .01 ) users selecting the prompt; inserting the message into the ( 52 ) U . S . CI. message stream so that the message is displayed to another CPC . .. G06F 3 / 04842 ( 2013 . 01 ) ; G06F 17 /24 of the users on another of the displays , wherein the message ( 2013. 01 ) ; H04L 51/ 04 (2013 . 01 ); H04L 51/ 16 includes a reference object associated with the prompt , and (2013 .01 ) allowing the another of the users to select an area on the ( 58 ) Field of Classification Search another of the displays associated with the reference object . CPC .. GO6F 3 /0484 ; G06F 17 /24 ; H04L 12/ 58 See application file for complete search history . 15 Claims, 66 Drawing Sheets . .W . ay OXXYSAN XXX* * Cowy. 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