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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:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lawrence Y. Yang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Roberto Garcia, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Justin Wood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Richard R. Dellinger, San Jose, CA (US);

Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kevin J. Lindeman, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Kyle S. Macomber, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/046 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device provides user interfaces for capturing and sending media, such as audio, video, or images, from within a message application. The device detects a movement of the device and in response, plays or records an audio message. The device sends the recorded audio message in response to detecting a movement of the device. The device removes messages from a conversation based on expiration criteria. The device shares a location with one or more message participants in a conversation.


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