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US 2024/0406291 A1Published application
Hybrid group messaging
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsStephen M. LOTTERMOSER, Christopher A. VOLKERT, Conner IRWIN
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Abstract
The subject system may be implemented by at least one processor configured to generate a message comprising content and an identifier and transmit the message to a plurality of other electronic devices via a cellular messaging protocol and substantially concurrently via an internet-based messaging protocol.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- generating, by an electronic device, a message comprising content and an identifier;
- and
- transmitting the message to a plurality of other electronic devices via a cellular messaging protocol and substantially concurrently via an internet-based messaging protocol.
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- generate a message comprising content and an identifier;
- and
- transmit the message to a plurality of other electronic devices via a cellular messaging protocol and substantially concurrently via an internet-based messaging protocol.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, by a first electronic device and from a second electronic device of a plurality of other electronic devices, a message via a cellular messaging protocol and substantially concurrently via an internet-based messaging protocol;
- deriving an identifier from the received message;
- and
- providing the received message to a message thread in association with the identifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.