Facebook, Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Li Hua

Vivek Garg

Zheng Fang

Andrea Vaccari

Xiaojun Liang

Hongzhong Jia

Joshua Michael Pollock

Isaac E Nichols

Daniel Browne Jump

Ravishankar Shanmugam

Jia Li

David James Mason

Shu Wu

Xiaowei Jiang

Goranka Bjedov

Yimin Chen

Xiaotian Guo

Stephane Taine

David Ornstein

Josh Pollock

Amit Kumar Dutta

Yosef Firstenberg

Michael Leggett

Joel Alexander Sharin

Joshua Gordon Selbo

Simon Leet

Dan Jump

Johnathan Harms

Scott Walker

This disclosure covers methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that receive a direct digital message for delivery to a recipient and then generate a relevance score representing the direct digital message's relevance to the recipient. The relevance score accounts for either or both of crowdsourced information and social-network signals. Based on the relevance score, the methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems either provide the direct digital message to the recipient's client device for display within a received-messages preview or provide the message to the recipient's client device for sequestration within a sequestration folder.

Generating a relevance score for direct digital messages based on crowdsourced information and social-network signals

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a unique identifier of a second user from a mobile client system of a first user after the second user requests to communicate with the first user, identifying the second user based on the unique identifier, retrieving multiple items of profile information of the second user, determining whether the unique identifier is in a list of blocked identifiers, and sending to the first user a notification that a communication request form the second user has been declined if the unique identifier is in the list of blocked identifiers. The method also includes sending the first user multiple items of profile information of the second user if the unique identifier is in the list of blocked identifiers.

Integrated telephone applications on online social networks

A business interfaces with a messaging server to establish routing rules that associate particular types of requests from users of clients with specific roles of agents in an agent pool. A user of a client engages in a canonical messaging thread with the business server via the messaging server. The messaging server receives a call request from the client. The messaging server uses the routing rules to identify the agent role to serve the user's request. The messaging server may exchange routing messages with the user in the canonical thread. The messaging server selects an agent from the agent pool to service the user's call-based communication request based on the profiles of the agents and the identified agent role. The messaging server establishes a call between the user and the selected agent. The agent and user may exchange messages on the canonical thread between the user and the business.

Custom calling using a messaging system

This disclosure covers methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that analyze a previously unrecognized communication number associated with a sender of a direct digital message when a client device receives the direct digital message from the previously unrecognized communication number. Based on this analysis, the methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems provide profile information associated with the communication number for the client device to present together with the direct digital message. To find relevant profile information for the communication number, the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems optionally query a social networking system for profile information connected to the communication number.

Identifying profile information of senders of direct digital messages

A chat messaging service provided for a chat user is migrated. At a second chat server from a first chat server, static information associated with a chat user is received. At the second chat server from the first chat server, dynamic information associated with the chat user is received. At least a portion of the dynamic information is received after the chat user is indicated as being associated with the migration state. After the chat user is no longer indicated as being associated with the migration state, a chat message for the chat user is received at the second chat server.

Migrating a chat message service provided by a chat server to a new chat server

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, an unique identifier associated with a second user of the online social network, the unique identifier being sent responsive to a communication between the second user and the first user, accessing a social graph including first and second nodes corresponding to the first and second users, respectively, identifying the second user based on the unique identifier, retrieving profile information associated with the second user and a privacy setting associated with the second user, determining whether the information is visible to the first user based on the privacy setting and a degree of separation in the social graph between the first node and the second node, and sending, to the client system, the profile information that is visible to the first user for display in association with the communication.

Migrating a chat messaging service provided for a chat user is disclosed. At a second chat server from a first chat server, static information associated with a chat user is received. The static information is received before the chat user is indicated as being associated with a migration state. At the second chat server from the first chat server, dynamic information associated with the chat user is received. At least a portion of the dynamic information is received after the chat user is indicated as being associated with the migration state. After the chat user is no longer indicated as being associated with the migration state, a chat message for the chat user is received at the second chat server.

The claimed subject matter provides a method for publishing location information. The method includes receiving the location information from an entity. The entity may be associated with a geographic location. The method further includes identifying one or more entities to be notified of the location information. Additionally, the method includes sending the location information to the identified entities.

Publishing location information

Systems and methods are disclosed for recovering data. The disclosed systems and methods may include locating a central directory in a file archive. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining that a local header located in the file archive is authentic if at least one of a plurality of records in the local header match at least one of a corresponding record in the central directory. The local header may be located in the file archive using an offset specified in the central directory. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining that the local header is valid and recovering item data associated with the local header if the local header is authentic and valid.

Methods and systems for recovering data from corrupted archives

Systems and methods for changing items of a computer file, such as an archive file, can include an application programmed to create a file including a first item and a second item, the application storing the file on a storage medium. Systems can also include an input/output module associated with the application, the input/output module retiring the first item upon a change to the first item resulting in an increase or a decrease in a size of the first item. Upon retiring the first item, the input/output module can write a third item at an end of the file, the third item including the change to the first item. Methods can include retiring the first item upon a change to the first item, and writing a third item after the second item, the third item including the change to the first item.

Systems and methods for changing items in a computer file

Systems and methods for changing items of a computer file can include a storage medium, and an application programmed to create a file including a first item and a second item, the application storing the file on the storage medium, and the first item including padding. The system can also include an input/output module associated with the application, the input/output module being programmed to use at least a portion of the padding of the first item to accommodate a change in a size of the first item. A method can include providing a file including at least a first item and a second item, the first item including padding, changing the first item, and using at least a portion of the padding of the first item to accommodate a change in a size of the first item.

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