US 12,279,185 B2
Layers in messaging applications
Bartosz Ciechanowski, Woodside, CA (US); Bhaskar P. Sarma, Sunnyvale, CA (US); William R. Dahlberg, San Francisco, CA (US); Eugene Bistolas, Kihei, HI (US); Olivier Gutknecht, San Francisco, CA (US); and Nathaniel Begeman, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/370,844.
Application 18/370,844 is a continuation of application No. 17/483,749, filed on Sep. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,778,430.
Application 17/483,749 is a continuation of application No. 16/525,377, filed on Jul. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,159,922, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Application 16/525,377 is a continuation of application No. 15/400,780, filed on Jan. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,368,208, issued on Jul. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/349,086, filed on Jun. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/349,113, filed on Jun. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/349,091, filed on Jun. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/349,101, filed on Jun. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0155312 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04L 51/08 (2022.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 4/14 (2013.01) [H04L 51/216 (2022.05); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04L 51/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.05)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first messaging application, a message from a second messaging application, the message comprising text content; and
in response to receiving the message from the second messaging application:
displaying the text content within a first message bubble of the first messaging application without displaying predefined animations; and
in accordance with a determination that the text content includes one or more predetermined words, and after displaying the text content within the first message bubble of the first messaging application for a period of time without displaying predefined animations, displaying a predefined animation that corresponds to the one or more predetermined words, at least partly outside of the first message bubble, wherein at least a portion of the predefined animation is displayed concurrently with the display of the text content within the first message bubble.