US 12,132,688 B2
Selective presentation of group messages
William Wu, Marina del Rey, CA (US); and Michael Yoffa, Marina del Rey, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/248,834.
Application 17/248,834 is a continuation of application No. 15/437,116, filed on Feb. 20, 2017, granted, now 11,019,001.
Prior Publication US 2021/0168100 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/04 (2022.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/04 (2013.01) [H04L 51/214 (2022.05); H04L 51/216 (2022.05); H04L 67/53 (2022.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
adding a first group chat conversation to a chat feed listing of conversations in which a user is a participant;
determining that the first group chat conversation has remained inactive for a threshold period of time;
in response to determining that the first group chat conversation has remained inactive for the threshold period of time, excluding the first group chat conversation from a listing of suggested chat conversations, and maintaining the first group chat conversation in the chat feed listing, wherein the chat feed listing is organized by length of elapsed time since activity of a group chat conversation;
determining that the first group chat conversation has been assigned a first group chat conversation name;
enabling access to the first group chat conversation via a search query based on determining that the first group chat conversation has been assigned the first group chat conversation name;
adding a second group chat conversation comprising a plurality of messages to the chat feed listing of conversations;
in response to executing a soft deletion of the second group chat conversation comprising the plurality of messages and to determining that the second group chat conversation has not been assigned a second group chat conversation name;
selectively making the second group chat conversation inaccessible via the search query;
in response to drafting a new message as part of the second group chat conversation, executing a reversal of the soft deletion of the second group chat conversation; and
in response to executing the reversal of the soft deletion of the second group chat conversation, making the second group chat conversation accessible via the search query.