Method and system for processing requests in a messaging platform

US10902497B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Twitter, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ashish Virmani · Barwala, IN
• Peter Martucci · San Francisco, US
• Sratha Saengsuwarn · San Francisco, US
• Yiting Bian · San Francisco, US
• Matthew Gadda · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for purchasing processing requests on a messaging platform including obtaining a broadcast message from a first client associated with a first social networking account, making a first determination that the broadcast message includes a reference to an item, making a second determination, based at least in part of a perceived inventory count for item that a vendor associated with the messaging platform is able to supply the item, based on the second determination, generating a new broadcast message that includes a buy-now card associated with the item, transmitting the new broadcast message to a second client associated with a second social networking account, receiving, after transmitting the new broadcast message, a purchase request for the second client, wherein the purchase request specifies the item, and processing, by the messaging platform, the purchase request.