US 11,870,827 B2
Methods, systems, and media for navigating through a stream of content items
Marco Paglia, San Francisco, CA (US); William Frederick Kiefer, Seattle, WA (US); and Jokubas Zukerman, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,183.
Application 18/102,183 is a continuation of application No. 17/007,109, filed on Aug. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,570,224.
Application 17/007,109 is a continuation of application No. 14/980,223, filed on Dec. 28, 2015, granted, now 10,764,343, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0171296 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/60 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for navigating through content, the method comprising:
causing, using a hardware processor, a user interface to be presented on a user device, wherein the user interface includes a video content item that is concurrently displayed with a chat interface that presents one or more chat message items;
receiving, using the hardware processor, a stream of content including a first plurality of chat message items, wherein the first plurality of chat message items are received from a first plurality of user devices and wherein at least one chat message item in the first plurality of chat message items comprises an interactive chat message item;
causing, using the hardware processor, at least a portion of the first plurality of chat message items to be presented in the chat interface that is concurrently presented with the video content item;
receiving, using the hardware processor, a first selection of the interactive chat message item from the portion of the first plurality of chat message items being presented in the chat interface while continuing to receive the stream of content, wherein a second plurality of chat message items is included in the stream of content; and
in response to receiving the first selection while continuing to receive the second plurality of chat message items, causing, using the hardware processor, the second plurality of chat message items to be presented, wherein the selected interactive chat message item is held in a fixed position within the chat interface while continuing to update the chat interface with additionally received chat message items as the additionally received chat message items are received from a second plurality of user devices other than the user device.