Granted Patent B2

US 12,235,991 · App. 17/810,973 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd (Los Angeles, CA); Laurent Desserrey (Los Angeles, CA); Alex Edelsburg (Seattle, WA); Daniel Moreno (Los Angeles, CA); David Paliwoda (London, GB); Jeremy Baker Voss (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

G06F21/6245H04L51/043

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. A method comprising:

accessing a conversation interface of a messaging application on a web browser;

presenting the conversation interface in a window associated with the web browser, the conversation interface comprising a plurality of conversation elements;

accessing a focus status of the window;

in response to determining that the focus status indicates that the window has lost focus, obscuring a first subset of the plurality of conversation elements;

computing a duration between the focus status indicating that the window has lost focus and the focus status being in focus;

comparing the duration to a threshold duration; and

in response to determining that the duration transgresses the threshold duration, presenting an option to re-open the conversation interface, wherein the first subset of the plurality of conversation elements is revealed in response to selection of the option.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web browser is implemented on a desktop computer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessing comprises:

retrieving a universal resource locator (URL) of the messaging application;

downloading a markup language document corresponding to the messaging application; and

processing the markup language document by the web browser to display the conversation interface.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying a display attribute of a second subset of the plurality of conversation elements, the second subset being different than the first subset.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the focus status changes from being in focus to losing focus in response to determining that a different window of the web browser is being viewed.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the focus status changes from being in focus to losing focus in response to detecting user interaction with a portion of a display that excludes the window.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the focus status changes from being in focus to losing focus in response to determining that the window has been minimized or has been obscured by a different window.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the focus status is received from the web browser.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of conversation elements include a chat region that includes one or more messages exchanged in a conversation, a chat input region for enabling a user to compose a message, a presence region that indicates an activity state of each of a plurality of friends, a friends region that lists the plurality of friends with whom the user has previously engaged in a conversation, and a phone call region for placing a phone call to a given friend.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first subset of the plurality of conversation elements includes the chat region and the presence region.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising modifying a display attribute of the chat input region.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein modifying the display attribute comprises reducing an opacity of the chat input region by a specified amount.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein obscuring the first subset of the plurality of conversation elements comprises presenting an overlay on top of a chat region that includes one or more messages exchanged in a conversation, the overlay comprising a message indicting that a user of the web browser is no longer present.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the overlay comprises an avatar of the user.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

after obscuring the first subset of the plurality of conversation elements, determining that the focus status of the window is in focus;

in response to determining that the focus status of the window is in focus, detecting an interaction with the conversation interface; and

revealing the first subset of the plurality of conversation elements in response to detecting the interaction with the conversation interface.

16. A system comprising:

at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:

accessing a conversation interface of a messaging application on a web browser;

presenting the conversation interface in a window associated with the web browser, the conversation interface comprising a plurality of conversation elements;

accessing a focus status of the window;

in response to determining that the focus status indicates that the window has lost focus, obscuring a first subset of the plurality of conversation elements;

computing a duration between the focus status indicating that the window has lost focus and the focus status being in focus;

comparing the duration to a threshold duration; and

in response to determining that the duration transgresses the threshold duration, presenting an option to re-open the conversation interface, wherein the first subset of the plurality of conversation elements is revealed in response to selection of the option.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the web browser is implemented on a desktop computer.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the accessing comprises:

retrieving a universal resource locator (URL) of the messaging application;

downloading a markup language document corresponding to the messaging application; and

processing the markup language document by the web browser to display the conversation interface.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that includes instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing a conversation interface of a messaging application on a web browser;

presenting the conversation interface in a window associated with the web browser, the conversation interface comprising a plurality of conversation elements;

accessing a focus status of the window;

in response to determining that the focus status indicates that the window has lost focus, obscuring a first subset of the plurality of conversation elements;

computing a duration between the focus status indicating that the window has lost focus and the focus status being in focus;

comparing the duration to a threshold duration; and

in response to determining that the duration transgresses the threshold duration, presenting an option to re-open the conversation interface, wherein the first subset of the plurality of conversation elements is revealed in response to selection of the option.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the web browser is implemented on a desktop computer.

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