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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Whatsapp Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jan Koum, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Brian Acton, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

WhatsApp LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04N 21/234309 (2013.01); H04N 21/25833 (2013.01); H04N 21/25858 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 88/181 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for providing multimedia status updates are described. One implementation includes a server receiving multimedia data from a transmitting mobile device along with an identifier associated with the transmitting mobile device. The server stores the multimedia data and identifies other mobile devices that have indicated an interest in monitoring the transmitting mobile device. The server also sends notifications including the location of the multimedia data on the server to the other mobile devices. The server sends the multimedia data to a receiving mobile device in response to receiving a request to access the multimedia data from the receiving mobile device.


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