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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:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Matthew Colin Grantham, Toronto, CA;

Krish Jayaram, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Tadeusz Kozak, Lane Cove, AU;

Jeremy Voss, Los Angeles, CA (US);

David Whyte, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 51/043 (2022.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 51/043 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.05);
Abstract

Method of generating private notifications between users in a communication session starts with an application server causing a communication interface to be displayed at a first client device and at a second client device, respectively. Application server receives from the first client device a request to send a private notification to the second client device and causes a private notification sending interface to be displayed in the communication interface of the first client device. Application server receives from the first client device a confirmation to send the private notification to the second client device and generating the private notification at the second client device that includes causing a first avatar that is associated with a user of the first client device to be included in the communication interface displayed at the second client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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