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Christopher Jon Lang

Jason Duane Clark

Benjamin Kyle Padget

Lydia Han

Harshdeep Singh

Daniil Burdakov

Aigerim Shorman

Tanner Cotant Christensen

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Tamar Bar Lev

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Crystal Rhan-Tsor Chen

Shupin Mao

Karthik Narayan

Timothy Mark Moore

John Charles Krumm

Warren Vincent Barkley

Mohammad Shabbir Alam

David Ross Buerer

Vivek Bhanu

Amos Dylan Vance

Yinghua Yao

Steven A N Shafer

Florin Teodorescu

Denise L Chen

Norm Bryar

Geoffrey Edward Pease

Michael J Antonio

Timothy S McGrath

Aiden Byrne

Madhurima Pawar

Julia M Crawford

Mark Huyler

Tim McGrath

A first instance of a messenger application having a plug-in communicates with a second instance of the messenger application lacking the plug-in. The plug-in provides enhanced functionality to the first instance of the messenger application, while also providing corresponding functionality to the second instance, which lacks the plug-in. For example, the plug-in may provide rich, non-thread-native content to the first instance, while also providing corresponding thread-native content to the second instance. As another example, the plug-in may obtain data from the second instance and provide tailored advertisements to the second instance based upon that data. An another example, the plug-in may obtain location data from one or more of the instances and provide access to location-specific services that take the location data into account.

Messenger application plug-in for providing tailored advertisements within a conversation thread

An online system customizes video conversations between users of the online system by providing graphics that are likely to interest the users. The online system may present composite views overlaying selected graphics on a video stream, which may be part of an augmented reality (AR) environment. The graphics include, for example, background graphics, masks, props, visual or particular effects, frames or borders, etc. The online system may use a machine learning model to predict whether a user is likely to select or interact with a particular graphic. The online system can also filter or rank graphics according to user affinities or user connections on the online system. Users may be encouraged to interact with the graphics that are customized to their specific interests, which can promote an engaging video conversation or AR experience.

Video stream customization using graphics

Plug-in for extending functionality of messenger application across supplemented and unsupplemented application instances

A first instance of a messenger application having a plug-in communicates with a second instance of the messenger application lacking the plug-in. The plug-in provides enhanced functionality to the first instance of the messenger application, while also providing corresponding functionality to the second instance, which lacks the plug-in. For example, the plug-in may provide rich, non-thread-native content to the first instance, while also providing corresponding thread-native content to the second instance. As another example, the plug-in may obtain data from the second instance and provide tailored advertisements to the second instance based upon that data. As another example, the plug-in may obtain location data from one or more of the instances and provide access to location-specific services that take the location data into account.

Providing access to location-specific services within a messenger application conversation thread

A method, schema and computer system for a location service provides data structures that are extensible by allowing different types of location awareness applications to retrieve and deposit location data. The method includes providing an abstract location object arranged in a schema to enable servicing a received request for a logical location of an electronic endpoint; and arranging one or more location elements within the context of the abstract location object. The location elements are configured to act as peers relative to the logical location and each location element is configured to act as a proxy relative to any other location element within the abstract location object.

Schema for location awareness

A location data structure represents a location in a number of different ways, and may include a map view scale appropriate for rending the map. A map view data structure contains sufficient information to derive a number of independent descriptions of a map view. A route data structure may be used at any point in the route calculation and rendering process, and includes a locations field that includes the two-end points of the route, a calculated route data field representing a calculated route between the two end-points, an options field that specifies the options used or to be used to calculate the route, a driving directions field that represents driving directions for the route, and an identity data field that specifies whether the route data structure is a request to calculate a route, a response to a route calculation request, or a rendering request.

Comprehensive mapping data structures and methods for using the same

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