Meta Platforms, Inc.

Mela Platforms, Inc.

Rishav Mukherji

Mohit Rajani

May Wang

Xingling Huang

Tsung-Chuan Chen

Hannah Walsh

Shuwan Huang

Hao Dong

An online system displays supplemental content in conjunction with messaging threads between users and third parties to promote clear and productive conversations. The online system enables third parties to specify a set of content items to be displayed within a messaging interface when a messaging thread is initiated with the third party by other users. The set of content items may include one or more of images, videos, or web pages. When a user initiates a messaging thread with a third party, the online system accesses the set of specified content items and generates a messaging interface including one or more of the specified content items. By incorporating the content items within the messaging interface, the online system enables users and third parties to communicate while interacting with and viewing the content items.

Displaying supplemental content in messaging interfaces

An online system selects information about entities for display to viewing users based on the relevance of the information to the viewing users. The online system maintains information describing one or more third parties. The online system receives a request from a client device to provide a content item of a third party for display to a viewing user. Responsive to the request, the online system accesses information describing the third party and selects a subset of information based on a likelihood that the viewing user will interact with the content item based on the subset of information. The online system generates a content item including the selected subset of information and an element selectable to initiate an interaction with the third party and provides the generated content item to the client device for display to the viewing user.

Selecting information about entities for display to drive interactions on online systems

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Rishav Mukherji