US 11,785,062 B1
Systems and methods for enabling shared media interactions
Frederick Scott Gottesman, Kentfield, CA (US); Patrick Francis Keenan, Toronto (CA); Aaron Albonetti, Long Beach, CA (US); Wade Campbell, Seattle, WA (US); William Siemers, Seattle, WA (US); Annabel Strauss, New York City, NY (US); Ishwarya Venkatachalam, Atlanta, GA (US); and Kevin Victor Wong, Renton, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,278.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/403 (2013.01) [H04L 67/141 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying a group message thread that comprises messages between a group of users;
detecting that a user in the group of users is interacting with a media item posted in the group message thread;
in response to detecting that the user is interacting with the media item, initiating a shared media interaction session in the group message thread for the media item; and
notifying the group of users that the shared media interaction session is available in the group message thread.