Facebook, Inc.

Amazon Technologies, Inc.

John Randall Ehrhardt

Stephane Taine

Brendan Benjamin Aronoff

Peter Henry Martinazzi

Dwayne B Mercredi

Edward Young Zhang

Duckjin Kang

Michael Leggett

Evan Patrick Noon

Deniz Hastorun

Jason W Murray

Marc Solsona-Palomar

Jalaja C Kurubarahalli

Thomas B Taylor

Ankit Patel

Kimberly Reuter Awalt

Cynthia Wilson Williams

A Lorraine Nicholson

Madeleine J Fish

Chad G Goelzer

Mahendra Nerurkar

Karpagavalli Jaykumar

Kimberly Awalt

In one embodiment, a method includes launching, by a client system of a first user, a video-call session to enable a video stream for display in a small-overlay-window on a display of the client system of the first user; receiving, by the client system of the first user, a video stream comprising video from a client system of a second user; determining at least one property for the small-overlay-window based on information associated with the second user; and displaying the video stream in the small-overlay-window, wherein the small-overlay-window is customized based on the determined at least one property, and wherein the small-overlay-window is positioned directly over an interface of an active application running on the client system of the first user.

Non-disruptive display of video streams on a client system

In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a computer server machine, that a callee-user is available for a communication session based on location information associated with a client system of the callee-user; sending, by the computer server machine, in response to determining that the callee-user is available, a notification to a client system of a caller-user indicating that the callee-user is available; receiving, by the computer server machine, a request from the client system of the caller-user to initiate the communication session; establishing, by the computer server machine, the communication session to enable a media stream comprising media captured at the client system of the caller-user to be received at the client system of a callee-user; and sending, by the computer server machine, the media captured at the client system of the caller-user to the client system of the callee-user.

Instantaneous call sessions over a communications application

In one embodiment, a method includes sending an availability-notification a caller-user in response to an occurrence of a trigger event; establishing a call session to enable a media stream comprising media of the caller-user that is of a first type to be received by a callee-user; sending the media of the first media type to the callee-user; re-establishing the call session to enable a media stream comprising media of the callee-user that is of a second media type to be received by the caller-user; and sending the media of the second media type to the caller-user.

In one embodiment, a method includes determining an occurrence of a trigger event; sending a notification to the caller-user; receiving a request from the caller-user to initiate the call session; establishing the call session to enable a media stream of the caller-user to be received by the callee-user; and sending the media stream to the callee-user.

In one embodiment, a method includes launching, by a client system of a first user, a video-call session; receiving, by the client system of the first user, a video stream including video captured at a client system of a second user; and displaying the video stream in a small-overlay-window on a display of the client system of the first user, wherein the small-overlay-window is positioned over an active application.

Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium associated with selective content delivery to a client device are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include sending by a computing device a lock mode signal to a messaging service hosted by a second computing device, that the computing device has entered a notification lock mode of operation that restricts the computing device from receiving at least some messages from the messaging service; and maintaining a communications connection between the computing device and the messaging service during the notification lock mode of operation of the computing device despite severing a logical connection between the messaging service and an application operating on the computing device. The logical connection was used to enable the message delivery from the messaging service to the application. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Managing message delivery

A first communication channel is established between a user device and a server using a cellular network. The user device receives a timeout interval for the first communication channel. The user device transmits a packet to maintain the first communication channel when the user device detects that other data is being transmitted using a second communication channel during the timeout interval.

Maintaining communication channel for device notifications

Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying damaged and/or missing items in a fulfillment center. Embodiments of the disclosure can also evaluate loss claims made by a seller for items the seller believes are missing from an inbound shipment to the fulfillment center. Embodiments of the disclosure can also generate a resolution in the form of compensation to the seller if a claim is valid. Shipment data that can include carrier data from a carrier system can also be analyzed to determine the validity of loss claims submitted by a seller.

Lost and damaged items in a fulfillment network

A fulfillment services provider may offer export services to merchants, including generation of required export documentation; calculation, collection, and remittance of customs duties; and transportation via an international carrier. Such export services may be offered through a registration service, and may be integrated with other fulfillment services provided to registered merchants (e.g., domestic order fulfillment and/or warehousing of inventory), or may be offered to merchants that do not receive other fulfillment services from the provider. Export services may be provided to merchants who certify that all registered or specified items may be legally exported to all (or specified) international destinations, or the provider may verify compliance to export regulations on behalf of registered merchants. The provider may assume the role of Principal Party in Interest for registered merchants or the merchants may retain this role. Registration and provision of export services may be implemented in one or more software modules.

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Issaquah, WA, United States of America

John Randall Ehrhardt