US 12,034,690 B2
Maintaining a message thread with opt-in permanence for entries
Evan Spiegel, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Timothy Sehn, Marina Del Rey, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,003.
Application 17/970,003 is a continuation of application No. 17/402,316, filed on Aug. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,509,618.
Application 17/402,316 is a continuation of application No. 16/552,018, filed on Aug. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,134,046.
Application 16/552,018 is a continuation of application No. 15/682,404, filed on Aug. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,439,972.
Application 15/682,404 is a continuation of application No. 14/274,610, filed on May 9, 2014, granted, now 9,742,713.
Application 14/274,610 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/906,261, filed on May 30, 2013, granted, now 9,705,831.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039505 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/216 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/216 (2022.05) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining that a request to preserve a message to prevent automatic deletion of the message has been received from one or more users; and
responsive to determining that the request to preserve the message has been received, modifying a display attribute of textual content of the message based on a quantity of users in the one or more users from which the request to preserve the message was received, the modifying of the display attribute comprising incrementing a displayed value each time a request to preserve the message is received from the one or more users.