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US 2022/0070233 A1Published application
Software application manager for messaging applications
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorsDylan Shane Eirinberg, Aaron Daniel Son, William Wu
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Abstract
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging systems by enabling users in an electronic chat conversation to run applications together. In some embodiments, when one user in a chat launches an application, an icon or other visual representation of the application appears in a portion of the chat window (e.g., in a “chat dock”) for other users in the chat to access.
Claims1
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a first client computing device of a first user engaged in a group conversation with a respective client computing device of one or more other respective users, an electronic communication containing a request to launch a software application into the group conversation;
- in response to the request to launch the software application, creating a session for the software application and associating the software application session with each respective client computing device of each respective user in the group conversation;
- transmitting a respective electronic communication containing information regarding the software application session to each respective client computing device of each respective user in the group conversation;
- and
- causing a respective visual representation of the software application to display in a conversation window on a respective display screen of each respective client computing device of the one or more other respective users.
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