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Patent No.:

US 11389736 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2020

Games tabs in messaging applications

Applicant:

Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrea Vaccari, San Francisco, CA (US);

Pooya Karimian, Redwood City, CA (US);

Lei Guang, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Omkar A Deodhar

Assistant Examiner:

Eric M Thomas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); H04L 51/00 (2022.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); A63F 13/795 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); H04L 51/02 (2022.01); H04L 51/063 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.01); H04M 1/72427 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/87 (2014.09); A63F 13/30 (2014.09); A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/795 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09); H04L 51/02 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/063 (2013.01); H04L 51/16 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04M 1/72427 (2021.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user, a request for a games tab on an application of the messaging network running on the client system; providing, to the client system in response to the request, instructions for presenting the games tab comprising an initial list of games on the application of the messaging network based on one or more criteria; receiving game data associated with one or more games interacted with by the first user; determining whether the first user has satisfied a threshold level of gaming activity for updating the games tab; and providing, to the client system in response to determining that the first user has satisfied the threshold level of gaming activity, instructions for updating the games tab to re-sort the initial list of games based on the one or more games interacted with by the first user.

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