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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Naveenkumar Selvaraj, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sagar Gala, Milpitas, CA (US);
Aaron Choe Salls, San Francisco, CA (US);
Min Kyung Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brad Christopher Ciraulo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for providing dynamic and secure real-time notifications in messages are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises: storing a count of notifications associated with a user; transmitting a message to a messaging client of a device of the user, the message being configured to trigger the messaging client to transmit a request in response to the message being opened; updating the count of notifications after the transmission of the message; receiving the request from the messaging client based on the message having been opened; in response to receiving the request, determining the changed count of notifications; retrieving an image from a database of images based on the changed count of notifications, the image indicating the changed count of notifications; and transmitting the image to the messaging client for display in the opened message.