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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dylan Shane Eirinberg, Venice, CA (US);
Aaron Daniel Son, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William Wu, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Assignee:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/104 (2013.01); H04L 65/1089 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging systems by enabling users in an electronic chat conversation to run applications together. In some embodiments, when one user in a chat launches an application, an icon or other visual representation of the application appears in a portion of the chat window (e.g., in a 'chat dock') for other users in the chat to access.