Twitter, Inc.

Brian Ellin

Adam M Singer

William Morgan

Jeremy Gordon

Buster Benson

Ian Chan

Reeve Thompson

Grant Monroe

Russell D'Sa

Zachary Taylor

Brian Guarraci

Lucas Alonso-Martinez

Luke Alonso

Zhigang Chen

Zhijang Chen

A method for using an in-message application. The method includes: receiving a broadcast message; identifying, in the broadcast message, a reference to an external data provider; obtaining an identifier of the in-message application from the external data provider; using the identifier to identify a set of components of the in-message application, where placement of the set of components is defined by a visual structure of the in-message application, and where each of the set of components is a user interface (UI) element; associating data obtained from the external data provider with a component of the set of components; and serving the broadcast message and the data to a consumer client, where the consumer client renders the in-message application based on the visual structure.

Rendering messages having an in-message application

Various embodiments disclose an in-message application facilitating the use of third-party application programming interfaces (APIs). In particular, these in-message applications (referred to as 'cards') may be designed by a developer to access third-party API functionality. A user may then create a message referencing, e.g., a web address associated with the developer's card. The system may receive the user's message and recognize the reference. The system may then distribute an instantiation of the card to various recipients, the instantiation including elements generated using, or providing the user access to, the third party functionality.

Generating messages having in-message applications

In-message applications in a messaging platform

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Brian Ellin