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In-message applications in a messaging platform

US9887941B1 · kind B1 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Twitter, Inc. · US

Inventors

Brian J. Guarraci · Redmond, US
William Morgan · Easton, US
Jeremy Gordon · San Francisco, US
Grant Monroe · San Francisco, US
Buster Benson · San Francisco, US
Russell D'sa · San Francisco, US
Adam Singer · Las Vegas, US
Ian Chan · San Francisco, US
Brian Ellin · San Francisco, US
Reeve Thompson · San Francisco, US
Luke Alonso · San Francisco, US
Zachary Taylor · Yorba Linda, US
Zhijang Chen · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/565
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments disclose an in-message application facilitating the use of third-party application programming interfaces (APIs). In particular, these in-message applications (referred to as “cards”) may be designed by a developer to access third-party API functionality. A user may then create a message referencing, e.g., a web address associated with the developer's card. The system may receive the user's message and recognize the reference. The system may then distribute an instantiation of the card to various recipients, the instantiation including elements generated using, or providing the user access to, the third party functionality.

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