Synchronizing message status across multiple user devices
US12206640B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/72436
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed system and method enable multiple user devices to track the read/unread status of received messages, even though the user reads the message on only one device. A server of a telecommunication network can receive, from a user device associated with a sender, a message sent to a recipient. The user device does not communicate to the server that the received message has been read. Upon receiving the message, the server can determine that the message is in reply to a message thread and can update a status of a second message in the message thread to the read status. The second message is the most recent message in the message thread sent by the recipient to the sender. The server can provide the updated status of the second message in the message thread to the multiple user devices associated with the sender.
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