# US 12,120,585 B2 · Messaging system interacting with dynamic extension app > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,585 B2 - Document ID: US12120585B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/231,230 - Filed: 2023-08-07 - Published: 2023-11-30 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-02 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Stephen M. Lottermoser; Pierre J. De Filippis; David Alex Carter; Eugene Bistolas - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120585B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - G06F 9/46: Multiprogramming arrangements - G06F 9/5005: {to service a request} - H04L 51/04: Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] - H04L 51/046: Interoperability with other network applications or services - H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - H04L 51/18: Commands or executable codes - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A messaging system includes a first messaging app on a first device and a second messaging app, on a second device, that can exchange messages (e.g. text messages, etc.), and the second messaging on can transmit content from a second extension app that operates with the second messaging app to the first messaging app that operates with a first extension app. The content can be opaque to the messaging app, but can be processed by the extension apps to display live, dynamic content in message bubbles in a message transcript of a conversation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: displaying, on a device, a user interface of an extension application in a container within a view of an application, the user interface comprising content corresponding to the extension application; and displaying an expanded view of the user interface in response to a user input with respect to the container, wherein the expanded view of the user interface overlaps at least a portion of the view external to the container and the user interface is configured to provide output from the extension application. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the content corresponding to the extension application is received by the application via an inter-process communication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the application on the device, the content corresponding to the extension application further comprises: receiving, by the application on the device, metadata and the content corresponding to the extension application. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the content is associated with the metadata. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the extension application is identified by an extension application identifier in the metadata. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the expanded view of the user interface comprises a selector for receiving a user selection. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the user selection corresponds to the content. ### Claim 8 A device comprising: a memory; and at least one processor configured to: display a user interface of an extension application in a container within a view of an application, the user interface comprising content corresponding to the extension application; and display an expanded view of the user interface in response to a user input with respect to the container, wherein the expanded view of the user interface overlaps at least a portion of the view external to the container and the user interface is configured to provide output from the extension application. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The device of claim 8, wherein the content corresponding to the extension application is received via an inter-process communication. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The device of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive, by the application on the device, metadata including the content corresponding to the extension application. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, wherein the content is associated with the metadata. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein the extension application is identified by an extension application identifier in the metadata. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The device of claim 8, wherein the expanded view of the user interface comprises a selector for receiving a user selection. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The device of claim 13, wherein the user selection corresponds to the content. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprises code that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to: display a user interface of an first application in a container within a view of a second application on a device, the user interface comprising content; and display an expanded view of the user interface in response to a user input with respect to the container, wherein the expanded view of the user interface overlaps at least a portion of the view external to the container and the user interface is configured to provide output from the second application. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the content corresponding to the second application is received via an inter-process communication. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the code, when executed by the one or more processors, further causes the one or more processors to: receive, by the first application on the device, the content corresponding to the second application and metadata. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the content is associated with the metadata. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the second application is identified by an application identifier in the metadata. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the expanded view of the user interface comprises a selector for receiving a user selection.