Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for alternate channel communication initiated through a common message thread
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Application No.: US17937777Application Date: 2022-10-03
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Publication No.: US12284152B2Publication Date: 2025-04-22
- Inventor: Evan Spiegel , Robert Cornelius Murphy , Chamal Samaranayake
- Applicant: Snap Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Agency: SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04L51/216
- IPC: H04L51/216 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06F3/04895 ; H04L51/046 ; H04L51/10

Abstract:
A server has a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are actively viewing a common message thread at the same time to establish a participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication lock prompt is supplied the client devices in response to the participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication lock prompt by at least one participant.
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