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Messaging object generation for synchronous conversation threads

US9148397B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

Mohit Talwar · Redmond, US
Miladin Pavlicic · Sammamish, US
Siddharth Murlidhar · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2011
Grant date	Sep 29, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L51/58
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In particular embodiments, a messaging device or server may be operable to receive a message including a thread identifier or a list of conversation participants; if the message includes a thread identifier, then append the message to a locally-stored conversation thread possessing the same thread identifier; if the message includes a list of participants, then: search a plurality of locally-stored conversation threads for a conversation threads having participants matching the list of participants; and in response to a match, append the message to the matching thread; in response to failing to find a match, generate an offline identifier for the message and storing the message locally.

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