# US 10,500,505 B2 · Techniques to interact with an application via messaging > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,500,505 B2 - Document ID: US10500505B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/665,900 - Filed: 2017-08-01 - Published: 2018-01-18 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-13 - Assignees: Facebook, Inc. - Applicants: Facebook, Inc. - Inventors: Oded Blayer; Ittai Golde; Ran Makavy; Amir Rosenfeld - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500505B2 ## CPC - A63F 13/87: Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat - A63F 13/42: by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle - A63F 13/795: for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list - H04L 51/046: Interoperability with other network applications or services - H04L 51/18: Commands or executable codes - A63F 2300/537: for exchanging game data using a messaging service, e.g. e-mail, SMS, MMS - A63F 2300/572: Communication between players during game play of non game information, e.g. e-mail, chat, file transfer, streaming of audio and streaming of video - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Techniques to interact with an application via messaging are described. An apparatus may comprise an application support component and a communication component. The application support component may be operative to generate an image representing a state of an application and to update the state of the application according to a text command. The communication component may be operative to transmit the image to a client device via a messaging system as an image attachment to a first message and to receive a second message from the client device via the messaging system, the second message comprising the text command. Other embodiments are described and claimed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method, comprising: providing a messaging service at a messaging system comprising a processing unit, the messaging service configured to exchange interpersonal communications between two or more users of the messaging service; receiving, by the messaging system, a first message from a first client device associated with a first user of the messaging service, the first message comprising a command that affects a state of an application supported by an application system and transmitted over a first messaging channel of the messaging system; transmitting the first message to a communication component of the application system; receiving, by the messaging system, a second message from the first client, the second message comprising text that does not correspond to a command associated with the application, the second message received on the same first messaging channel of the messaging system that received the command affecting the state of the application; receiving a third message comprising a representation of an updated state of the application; and transmitting the third message to a second client device associated with the application system, the second client device associated with a second user of the messaging service. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the representation of the updated state of the application comprises an image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the image comprises an avatar associated with the first client device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the image is received at the messaging system as an image attachment to the second message. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the representation of the updated state of the application includes a representation of a change in state of the application resulting from the command. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the representation of the updated state of the application comprises a legend of available commands. ### Claim 7 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing: instructions configured to cause a processor to provide a messaging service at a messaging system comprising a processing unit, the messaging service configured to exchange interpersonal communications between two or more users of the messaging service; instructions configured to cause the processor to receive, by the messaging system, a first message from a first client device associated with a first user of the messaging service, the first message comprising a command that affects a state of an application supported by an application system; instructions configured to cause the processor to transmit the first message to a communication component of the application system; instructions configured to cause the processor to receive, by the messaging system, a second message from the first client, the second message comprising text that does not correspond to a command associated with the application, the second message received on the same first messaging channel of the messaging system that received the command affecting the state of the application; instructions configured to cause the processor to receive a third message comprising a representation of an updated state of the application; and instructions configured to cause the processor to transmit the third message to a second client device associated with the application system, the second client device associated with a second user of the messaging service. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The medium of claim 7, wherein the representation of the updated state of the application comprises an image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The medium of claim 8, wherein the image comprises an avatar associated with the first client device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The medium of claim 8, wherein the image is received at the messaging system as an image attachment to the second message. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The medium of claim 7, wherein the representation of the updated state of the application includes a representation of a change in state of the application resulting from the command. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The medium of claim 7, wherein the representation of the updated state of the application comprises a legend of available commands. ### Claim 13 A system, comprising: a processing circuit; messaging service logic executable on the processing circuit and configured to provide a messaging service at a messaging system, the messaging service configured to exchange interpersonal communications between two or more users of the messaging service; a network receiver configured to receive a first message from a first client device associated with a first user of the messaging service, the first message comprising a command that affects a state of an application supported by an application system; and a network transmitter configured to transmit the first message to a communication component of the application system; wherein the network receiver is further configured to receive, by the messaging system, a second message from the first client, the second message comprising text that does not correspond to a command associated with the application, the second message received on the same first messaging channel of the messaging system that received the command affecting the state of the application; the network receiver is further configured to receive a third message comprising a representation of an updated state of the application, and the network transmitter is further configured to transmit the third message to a second client device associated with the application system, the second client device associated with a second user of the messaging service. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the representation of the updated state of the application comprises an image. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the image comprises an avatar associated with the first client device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the image is received at the messaging system as an image attachment to the second message. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the representation of the updated state of the application includes a representation of a change in state of the application resulting from the command.