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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Jason Varbedian, Seattle, WA (US);
Wade Spires, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Seattle, WA (US);
Kyle Comer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bradley Baron, Seattle, WA (US);
Samuel Young, Seattle, WA (US);
Aleksandr Zhang, Seattle, WA (US);
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for sending a combined read and reaction message. The systems and methods perform operations comprising: accessing, by a messaging application, a conversation session comprising a plurality of messages exchanged between a plurality of client devices, the messaging application being associated with a first client device of the plurality of client devices; generating, by the messaging application, metadata associated with one or more of the plurality of messages; encrypting, by the messaging application, the metadata in accordance with an end-to-end encryption process to enable a second client device of the plurality of client devices to read the metadata and prevent the second client device from modifying the metadata; and transmitting, to a server, a packet comprising an encrypted message slot and a first metadata slot, the first metadata slot comprising the encrypted metadata.