Message synchronization across multiple clients

[0011]The subject matter disclosed herein relates to methods for message synchronization. As discussed above, messaging systems may function to broadcast a message from a message server to all client devices associated with a given client. However, in channel-based messaging, a predetermined channel is used to forward a message to a predetermined client, rather than all client devices associated with a given user. The methods described herein relate to a channel-based messaging system wherein messaging is enabled during a session between two or more users via a message server. The messaging is enabled by the messaging server based on predetermined channels associated with each client device of a given user. A message history data store may receive message history from the message server and provide the message history to other clients not currently connected to the message sever during the session.

[0012]A channel-based messaging system, as referred to herein, is a messaging system wher