An electronic messaging method for reply messaging using a pen digitizer and a reply ID. A reply ID is utilized to identify a sender of a message and a pen digitizer is utilized to enter a message body and message header having a recipient address. The reply ID is deleted prior to entry of the reply message and the reply message is transmitted over a wired local area network to a sender workstation.

A method and device for securing data of a message is provided. A method for encrypting a message of a user terminal device includes: receiving a message via a message input window; displaying the received message; encrypting the message by using a key index and an encryption key corresponding to a chatting window for the message based on an instruction for transmitting the message to another chatting party being received; and transmitting the encrypted message to the other chatting party.

The object of the invention is a method for the certification of electronic mails with a recognised electronic signature wherein a telecommunications operator certifies the sending of a certified electronic mail on the part of a user client of said operator to another user non-client of the telecommunications operator respecting at all times the chain of custody and the original recognised electronic signatures in the resending and the certification, generating evidence at all times of the transaction, in such a way that it can be used as reinforced evidence in any court or as a reliable demonstration of a given transaction.

A user input content item is presented in a viewing interface of an interaction application executing on a user device. The user input content item is shared with a viewing user by a sending user via an interaction system. A press and hold operation by the viewing user related to the presentation of the user input content item is detected. Responsive to the detection of the press and hold operation, the interaction application is automatically transitioned to a reply state. Within the reply state, a reply mechanism is activated to enable the viewing user to generate a reply message to the sending user.

A user input content item is presented in a viewing interface of an interaction application executing on a user device. The user input content item is shared with a viewing user by a sending user via an interaction system. A press and hold operation by the viewing user related to the presentation of the user input content item is detected. Responsive to the detection of the press and hold operation, the interaction application is automatically transitioned to a reply state. Within the reply state, a reply mechanism is activated to enable the viewing user to generate a reply message to the sending user.

In one embodiment, a method for generating a message to a friend of a user is provided, comprising: processing activity data of a first user measured by an activity monitoring device to update a value of an activity metric for the first user; identifying a change in an inequality relationship between the value of the activity metric for the first user and a value of the activity metric for a second user; in response to identifying the change in the inequality relationship, prompting the first user to generate a message to the second user.

Interactive virtual conversation interfaces are provided herein. An example method includes receiving a digital document that has textual information, utilizing one or more forms natural language processing of the digital document, based on the nature of the digital document, to ascertain a hierarchical structure of the plain textual information, and determine topics within the plain textual information, generating a tree structure based on relationships between topics of the plain textual information, wherein the topics are arranged into the tree structure, and generating a virtual conversation interface that receives queries and presents responses to the queries using the tree structure.

An apparatus and a method for providing a messenger service in an electronic device are provided. In the method, the messenger service with at least one counterpart electronic device is provided. First application setting information is determined during the messenger service. The first application setting information is transmitted to the at least one counterpart electronic device through the messenger service.

Operating a message queue cluster having multiple nodes. A messaging request from a client is obtained by one or more processors, the messaging request to be routed to one of multiple nodes in a cluster. The one or more processors parse the messaging request to determine whether the messaging request should be routed to an other node. A messaging request is obtained from a client by one or more processors, the messaging request to be routed to one of multiple nodes in a cluster. The messaging request is parsed by one or more processors to determine whether the messaging request should be routed to an other of the multiple nodes in the cluster. The messaging request is routed by one or more processors in response to a determination that the messaging request should be routed to the other one of the multiple nodes in the cluster.

A system and method for performing email processing at multiple stages along an email delivery chain. A first embodiment uses an email filter to receive information about an email message from a message transfer agent and then perform limited email pre-processing on the email message. The email filter then stores instructions and data such as the results from the email pre-processing into an internet email header added to the email message. The instructions and data placed into the email header may be encrypted for privacy and security. A later email program may extract the instructions and data from the internet email header and continue the email processing. One disclosed application of the multi-stage email processing system is email authentication.