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Providing content for broadcast by a messaging platform

US11137886B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 2019
Grant dateOct 5, 2021
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/53
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing content for broadcast by a messaging platform, including: receiving an identifier selected by a user of a client computing device during composition of a message; identifying a content provider associated with the identifier; providing, by a computer processor, a set of content items of the content provider for presentation by the client computing device, wherein the user of the client computing device selects a content item from the presented set of content items; and broadcasting the message with a reference to the selected content item to a plurality of accounts of the messaging platform.

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