Device, method, and graphical user interface for lightweight messaging

US10587541B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

• Sarah Hum · San Francisco, US
• Andrew Nolan Rasmussen · San Francisco, US
• Arturo J Esquivel Chambergo · Elizabeth, US
• Tatiana Janov Grossman · Palo Alto, US
• Ursula Anne Lim · Burnaby, CA
• Robert Michael Baldwin · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 10, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L51/52
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device of a second user receives, from a first user, a first message. Subsequent to receiving the first message, the electronic device sends, to the first user, a second message responsive to the first message, wherein the second message is selected from a set of predefined first-reply messages. The set of predefined first-reply messages is based on first-reply factors for the second user, including content from one or more messages between the first user and the second user, and including one or more of: relationship characteristics between the first user and the second user, information provided by the first user and/or the second user to a social network, profile characteristics of the first user and/or the second user, environmental characteristics of the first user and/or the second user, and/or technical characteristics of the electronic device of the first user and/or the second user.