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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Whatsapp Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Randall Sarafa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eugene Fooksman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Brian Acton, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jan Koum, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael B. Donohue, Mountain View, CA (US);
Charles Donald Deets, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anton Borzov, London, GB;
Ehren Andrew Kret, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
WHATSAPP INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for displaying and interacting with ephemeral content messages in a communication service. Ephemeral content, transmitted as a message in order to preserve end-to-end encryption, may be tagged with an identifier designating the message as an ephemeral content message. A receiving client may recognize the flag and display the content of the message as ephemeral content. The update may include a link to the content that expires under certain conditions. While the link is active, the link may be selected to enter a full-screen presentation of the ephemeral content. Different media types may be associated with different types of full-screen presentations. Displayed ephemeral content from different users may be ranked based on an interest score and displayed in the ranked order. Ephemeral content may be displayed in a user interface on separate tabs.