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US 12,306,984 · App. 15/829,530 · Granted May 20, 2025

Systems and methods for ephemeral group chat

Inventors: Nicholas Richard Allen (Venice, CA); Jonathan Brody (Venice, CA); Chamal Samaranayake (Venice, CA); William Wu (Venice, CA)
Assignee: Snap Inc.
G06F21/6245H04L12/1813H04L51/04H04L51/18H04L51/234H04L63/04
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Patent No.
US 12,306,984
App. No.
15/829,530
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

Methods, devices, systems, and computer readable media with instructions for group text communications between multiple devices, along with communication of associated data and automatic deletion of communications, are described. One embodiment involves generating a first ephemeral group chat, receiving a first ephemeral chat message, associated with one or more deletion triggers, and transmitting the first ephemeral message; and receiving, from at least the second client device, chat monitoring information comprising first deletion trigger information. In various embodiments, coordinated presentation and deletion of ephemeral chat messages are managed in a variety of ways.

Claims (51)

1. A method comprising:

generating a chat message group including a first client device, a second client device, and a third client device responsive to instructions from the first client device;

receiving a cat message from a chat messaging application of the first client device for transmission to the second client device and the third client device associated with the chat message group, the chat message associated with one or more deletion triggers specifying deletion criteria to be satisfied for the chat message to be deleted, wherein each deletion trigger comprises at least one of one or more deletion preferences provided by the first client device or selections by an operator of a system including the first client device, the second client device, and the third client device;

transmitting the chat message to the second client device and the third client device;

receiving at least one communication from at least one of the second client device or the third client device including deletion trigger information associated with the deletion criteria;

processing the received deletion trigger information in the at least one communication to identify that the deletion criteria or a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion triggers has been met for the chat message; and

when the processed deletion trigger information indicates that the deletion criteria has been met for the chat message, sending instructions to the second client device and the third client device to delete the chat message from the second client device and the third client device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending of instructions to delete is performed without regard to whether or not the chat message has not been displayed by the second client device or the third client device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chat message group further comprises a fourth client device, the method further comprising:

receiving a block first client device communication from the fourth client device to block communication from the first client device; and

providing a blocked notification to the fourth client device when the message is received from the first client device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, when the processed deletion trigger information indicates that the deletion criteria has been met for the chat message, sending to the first client device at least one of a command to delete the cha message or a status communication indicating that the deletion criteria has been met or that deletion of the chat message has been successfully reported from at least one of the second client device or the third client device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

monitoring presence information of the second client device and the third client device, the presence information comprising a typing notification indicating that the second client device is typing and a no communication notification indicating that the second client device has not provided the presence information for a predefined time frame;

determining when the presence information from the second client device is not received during the predefined time frame; and

sending the presence information comprising the typing notification indicating that the second client device is typing to the first client device for display via a user interface during the predefined time frame and the no communication notification if the presence information from the second client device has not been received during the predefined time frame.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the presence information further comprises a screenshot indicator indicating that a screen capture was performed, the method further comprising:

receiving the screenshot indicator from the second client device; and

notifying the first client device and the third client device that the second client device performed the screen capture responsive to the screenshot indicator.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion triggers is based on the second client device and the third client device being associated with or tracking a display of the chat message for a threshold amount of time specified by the deletion trigger.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion trigger comprises display of the chat message for a threshold amount of time on the at least one of the second client device or the third client device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion trigger comprises a threshold time since transmission of the chat message.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion triggers comprises receipt of deletion messages from a threshold number of the first client device, the second client device, and the third client device, the deletion messages being received in response to delete chat message instructions received by the first client device, the second client device, and the third client device.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion trigger comprises receipt of monitoring information indicating that at least one of the second client device or the third client device has viewed the chat message for a threshold amount of time and that a threshold time since the chat message was sent has also passed.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion triggers is dependent upon a subsequent chat message whereby a response to the chat message that is received within a certain time may have a deletion trigger of its one or more deletion triggers modified or the chat message may be associated with a different deletion trigger when the response to the chat message is not received within the certain time.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more deletion triggers comprises a plurality of deletion triggers specifying conditions to be satisfied for the chat message to be deleted or a combination of deletion triggers specifying conditions to be satisfied for the chat message to be deleted.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the steps of:

generating a chat message group including a first client device, a second client device, and a third client device responsive to instructions from the first client device;

receiving a cat message from a chat messaging application of the first client device for transmission to the second client device and the third client device associated with the chat message group, the cha message associated with one or more deletion triggers specifying deletion criteria to be satisfied for the chat message to be deleted, wherein each deletion trigger comprises at least one of one or more deletion preferences provided by the first client device or selections by an operator of a system including the first client device, the second client device, and the third client device;

transmitting the chat message to the second client device and the third client device;

receiving at least one communication from at least one of the second client device or the third client device including deletion trigger information associated with the deletion criteria;

processing the received deletion trigger information in the at least one communication to identify that the deletion criteria or a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion triggers has been met for the chat message; and

when the processed deletion trigger information indicates that the deletion criteria has been met for the chat message, sending instructions to the second client device and the third client device to delete the chat message from the second client device and the third client device.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the chat message group further comprises a fourth client device, further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the further steps of:

receiving a block first client device communication from the fourth client device to block communication from the first client device; and

providing a blocked notification to the fourth client device when the message is received from the first client device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the device, cause the device to perform the further step of, when the processed deletion trigger information indicates that the deletion criteria has been met for the chat message, sending to the first client device at least one of a command to delete the chat message or a status communication indicating that the deletion criteria has been met or that deletion of the chat message has been successfully reported from at least one of the second client device or the third client device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the device, cause the device to perform the further steps of:

monitoring presence information of the second client device and the third client device, the presence information comprising a typing notification indicating that the second client device is typing and a no communication notification indicating that the second client device has not provided the presence information for a predefined time frame;

determining when the presence information from the second client device is not received during the predefined time frame; and

sending the presence information comprising the typing notification indicating that the second client device is typing to the first client device for display via a user interface during the predefined time frame and the no communication notification if the presence information from the second client device has not been received during the predefined time frame.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the presence information further comprises a screenshot indicator indicating that a screen capture was performed and wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the device, cause the device to further perform the steps of:

receiving the screenshot indicator from the second client device; and

notifying the first client device and the third client device that the second client device performed the screen capture responsive to the screenshot indicator.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion triggers comprises at least one of:

the second client device and the third client device being associated with or tracking a display of the chat message for a threshold amount of time specified by the deletion trigger;

display of the chat message for a threshold amount of time on the at least one of the second client device or the third client device;

a threshold time since transmission of the chat message;

receipt of deletion messages from a threshold number of the first client device, the second client device, and the third client device, the deletion messages being received in response to delete chat message instructions received by the first client device, the second client device, and the third client device; or

receipt of monitoring information indicating that at least one of the second client device or the third client device has viewed the chat message for a threshold amount of time and that a threshold time since the chat message was sent has also passed.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein a deletion trigger of the one or more deletion triggers is dependent upon a subsequent chat message whereby a response to the chat message that is received within a certain time may have a deletion trigger of its one or more deletion triggers modified or the chat message may be associated with a different deletion trigger when the response to the chat message is not received within the certain time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2025
From: ALLEN, NICHOLAS RICHARD; BRODY, JONATHAN; SAMARANAYAKE, CHAMAL; WU, WILLIAM
To: SNAP INC.
Reel/Frame 070907/0412 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15572119
Provisional Application 62157780 · May 6, 2015
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