US 12,348,467 B2
Messaging system with a carousel of related entities
Benjamin Lo, Los Angeles, CA (US); Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ibrahem Shekoni, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Yamill Antonio Vallecillo, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/587,582.
Application 18/587,582 is a continuation of application No. 17/018,670, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,956,190.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/022,204, filed on May 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0195766 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/046 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computing system comprising:
one or more computer processors; and
one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
sending, by a carousel component across a wireless link, a message to an interaction platform, the message requesting a list of related entities associated with a user running an application, wherein the application and the carousel component are executed by an interpreter running on the computing system;
receiving, by the carousel component across a wireless link, a response from the interaction platform, the response comprising a list of related entities;
invoking, by the carousel component via the interpreter, a call to the application, the call comprising the list of related entities;
receiving, by the carousel component via the interpreter, a response to the call, the response comprising status information regarding the list of related entities;
causing, by the carousel component, a scrollable carousel comprising the list of related entities to be displayed on a screen of the computing system over a displayed of the application, wherein the list of related entities comprises an indication of a status within the application for each related entity; and
in response to a selection of a related entity of the list of related entities, causing, by the carousel component, a first message to be sent to the interaction platform across a wireless link, wherein the first message indicates the interaction platform is to send a second message to the related entity, the second message comprising a hotlink for the related entity to perform an action associated with the application.