Systems and methods for relaying messages in a communications system based on user interactions
View Patent ↗The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for relaying messages in a communications system. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server. The method includes: (1) obtaining a plurality of incoming messages, including at least one target message and at least one priority message from a first user of the communication system; (2) obtaining a one or more interests of a second user; (3) selecting the target message based at least in part on the one or more interests of the second user; (4) sending the target message to a client device of the second user; (5) after sending the target message, receiving a notification from the client device indicating that the second user has interacted with the target message; and (6) in response to receiving the notification from the client device, sending to the client device the priority message.
1. A computer-implemented method of relaying messages to users of a communication system, comprising:
at a server having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors:
obtaining a plurality of incoming real-time messages, including a target message from a first user of the communication system and a plurality of priority messages from the first user;
obtaining one or more interests of a second user of the communication system;
selecting the target message from among the plurality of incoming real-time messages based at least in part on the one or more interests of the second user;
sending the target message to a client device of the second user;
after sending the target message to the client device, receiving an indication from the client device that the second user has interacted with the target message;
in response to receiving the indication from the client device, sending to the client device a first priority message and a second priority message from the plurality of priority messages, wherein the first priority message and the second priority message have distinct topics.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more interests of the second user are obtained from a focus specification of the second user.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication from the client device indicates that the second user has performed one or more of:
voting on the target message;
requesting to track the target message; and
selecting a user-handle of the first user.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting the first priority message from among the plurality of incoming real-time messages based at least in part on the one or more interests of the second user.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of priority message comprise a plurality of advertising messages.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of real-time incoming messages comprises one or more message streams.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving from the second user a request to track at least one of: the first user and a message from the first user; and
wherein the target message is selected based in part on the tracking request from the second user.
8. A server, comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a plurality of incoming real-time messages, including a target message from a first user of the communication system and a plurality of priority messages from the first user;
obtaining one or more interests of a second user of the communication system;
selecting the target message from among the plurality of incoming real-time messages based at least in part on the one or more interests of the second user;
sending the target message to a client device of the second user;
after sending the target message to the client device, receiving an indication from the client device that the second user has interacted with the target message;
in response to receiving the indication from the client device, sending to the client device a first priority message and a second priority message from the plurality of priority messages, wherein the first priority message and the second priority message have distinct topics.
9. The server of claim 8 , wherein the one or more interests of the second user are obtained from a focus specification of the second user.
10. The server of claim 8 , wherein the indication from the client device indicates that the second user has performed one or more of:
voting on the target message;
requesting to track the target message; and
selecting a user-handle of the first user.
11. The server of claim 8 , wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for selecting the first priority message from among the plurality of incoming real-time messages based at least in part on the one or more interests of the second user.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of priority message comprise a plurality of advertising messages.
13. The server of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of incoming real-time messages comprises one or more message streams.
14. The server of claim 8 , wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for receiving from the second user a request to track at least one of: the first user and a message from the first user; and
wherein the target message is selected based in part on the tracking request from the second user.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of a server, cause the server to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a plurality of incoming real-time messages, including a target message from a first user of the communication system and a plurality of priority messages from the first user;
obtaining one or more interests of a second user of the communication system;
selecting the target message from among the plurality of incoming real-time messages based at least in part on the one or more interests of the second user;
sending the target message to a client device of the second user;
after sending the target message to the client device, receiving an indication from the client device that the second user has interacted with the target message;
in response to receiving the indication from the client device, sending to the client device a first priority message and a second priority message from the plurality of priority messages, wherein the first priority message and the second priority message have distinct topics.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more interests of the second user are obtained from a focus specification of the second user.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the indication from the client device indicates that the second user has performed one or more of:
voting on the target message;
requesting to track the target message; and
selecting a user-handle of the first user.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for selecting the first priority message from among the plurality of incoming real-time messages based at least in part on the one or more interests of the second user.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of priority message comprise a plurality of advertising messages.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for receiving from the second user a request to track at least one of: the first user and a message from the first user; and
wherein the target message is selected based in part on the tracking request from the second user.