IP Library Patent Application 15842696
Patent Application
App. No. 15/842,696

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING CONTENT

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App. No.
15/842,696
Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide a messaging interface, the messaging interface including a first region and a second region, the first region being segmented from the second region; provide one or more options in the first region for sending and receiving ephemeral messages through a social networking system; and provide one or more options in the second region for sending and receiving non-ephemeral messages through the social networking system.

Claims (31)

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing, by a computing device, a messaging interface, the messaging interface including a first region and a second region, the first region being segmented from the second region;

providing, by the computing device, one or more options in the first region for sending and receiving ephemeral messages through a social networking system; and

providing, by the computing device, one or more options in the second region for sending and receiving non-ephemeral messages through the social networking system.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first region displays at least one ephemeral message thread.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the ephemeral message thread corresponds to a group of users, and wherein the ephemeral message thread is represented using at least one avatar corresponding to a user in the group of users.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one avatar is able to be selected to reveal a menu of options relating to the ephemeral message thread.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the menu includes an option to replay one or more ephemeral messages sent through the ephemeral message thread.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the menu includes an option to leave the ephemeral message thread.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the menu includes an option to reveal respective user seen states for ephemeral messages in the ephemeral message thread.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the menu includes an option to clear unseen ephemeral messages in the ephemeral message thread.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein ephemeral messages sent through the ephemeral message thread include media content items.

10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the second region displays at least one non-ephemeral message thread, the non-ephemeral message thread including one or more text-based messages.

11 . A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform:

providing a messaging interface, the messaging interface including a first region and a second region, the first region being segmented from the second region;

providing one or more options in the first region for sending and receiving ephemeral messages through a social networking system; and

providing one or more options in the second region for sending and receiving non-ephemeral messages through the social networking system.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the first region displays at least one ephemeral message thread.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the ephemeral message thread corresponds to a group of users, and wherein the ephemeral message thread is represented using at least one avatar corresponding to a user in the group of users.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one avatar is able to be selected to reveal a menu of options relating to the ephemeral message thread.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the menu includes an option to replay one or more ephemeral messages sent through the ephemeral message thread.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:

providing a messaging interface, the messaging interface including a first region and a second region, the first region being segmented from the second region;

providing one or more options in the first region for sending and receiving ephemeral messages through a social networking system; and

providing one or more options in the second region for sending and receiving non-ephemeral messages through the social networking system.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the first region displays at least one ephemeral message thread.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the ephemeral message thread corresponds to a group of users, and wherein the ephemeral message thread is represented using at least one avatar corresponding to a user in the group of users.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the at least one avatar is able to be selected to reveal a menu of options relating to the ephemeral message thread.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the menu includes an option to replay one or more ephemeral messages sent through the ephemeral message thread.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058600/0714 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2018
From: PEIRIS, KEITH LANDA; ZAWADA, TOMASZ; AGUILAR, JUSTIN DAVID; IOVEVA, MARIA; CAKMAKLI, AYCA
To: FACEBOOK, INC.
Reel/Frame 045041/0722 →