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Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bradley Baron, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter Cardwell, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/20 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for exchanging messages between gateways. The systems and methods include operations for: storing, in a first gateway located in a first geographical region of a plurality of geographical regions, data that associates a plurality of users with the plurality of geographical regions; receiving, by the first gateway, a message directed to a given user of the plurality of users; determining, based on the data, that a second geographical region of the plurality of geographical regions is associated with the given user; and transmitting, by the first gateway, the message to a second gateway located in the second geographical region.


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