An apparatus and method for correcting previously sent messages in a real-time messaging system are provided. With the apparatus and method of the present invention, when a user of an instant messaging client transmits an instant message to another instant messaging client, the user may notice that the...http://www.google.de/patents/US7305627?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7305627 - Apparatus and method for correcting previously sent messages in a real-time messaging system