US 11,973,729 B2
System for new platform awareness
Sergio Azua-Izeta, Austin, TX (US); Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US); Anton Bredykhin, Alameda, CA (US); and Yu Wang, Mill Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/050,348.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/367,669, filed on Jul. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015121 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 51/043 (2022.01); H04L 51/224 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/043 (2013.01) [H04L 51/224 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, from a server, chat status message data for a chat session;
detecting, by the one or more processors, a specified platform being used by a user in the chat session based on the chat status message data;
providing, by the one or more processors, a chat session user interface;
providing, by the one or more processors, within the chat session user interface, based on detecting the user using the specified platform, a platform presence icon associated with the user indicating that the user is using the specified platform and a selectable education action button;
in response to detecting, by the one or more processors, selection by the user of the selectable education action button, providing, by the one or more processors, a platform education user interface comprising:
a task bar with an advertising display portion advertising the specified platform; and
a link to further information button selectable by the user to access a Uniform Resource Link (URL) to additional information on the specified platform.