Presenting image previews in electronic messages
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsTimothy O'Shaugnessy, Sudheer Agrawal
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Abstract
An instant message is received from an instant message sender and a determination is made that the instant message includes a link to a web page that was selected by the instant message sender. In response to determining that the instant message includes the link to the web page, an image corresponding to the web page is fetched and stored, and a thumbnail image preview of the fetched image is generated. In addition, the thumbnail image preview of the fetched portion of the web page is displayed while at least a portion of the instant message is displayed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving an electronic message;
- identifying, in the electronic message, a link to a resource;
- generating, using at least one processor, a image preview of at least a portion of the resource;
- and
- providing the image preview of the resource while at least a portion of the electronic message is being displayed.
A graphical user interface produced on a computing device having a display associated therewith, the graphical user interface comprising:
- an electronic message displayed on the display, the electronic message including a first link to a resource;
- and
- an image preview of at least a portion of the resource displayed on the display while a cursor is hovering over the first link, the image preview of at least the portion of the resource being displayed as an overlay over at least a portion of the electronic message.
A method comprising:
- providing an electronic message having a first link to a first resource;
- providing an image preview of at least a portion of the resource, the image preview having a second link to a second resource;
- detecting, using at least one processor, a selection of the second link in the image preview;
- and
- upon detecting the section of the second link in the image preview, providing the second resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.