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Conversation-based messaging method and system

Grant US12596972B2 Kind: B2 Apr 07, 2026

Assignee

BYTEDANCE INC.

Inventors

Wentao Zheng, Zihao Wang, Ruchir Astavans, Justin Jia-Zhao Lim, Wang Liang

Abstract

The present disclosure describes conversation-based messaging techniques. The techniques comprise generating a thread identifier (ID) corresponding to a new conversation based on receiving a user input indicative of starting the new conversation, wherein the user input is received from a user via a predetermined interface element on a user interface; displaying a window overlaid on the user interface in response to receiving the user input via the predetermined interface element, wherein the window comprises a plurality of representative elements corresponding to a plurality of types of conversation attribute; and creating one or more attributes of the new conversation based at least in part on selecting one or more representative elements among the plurality of representative elements, wherein the creating one or more attributes of the new conversation further comprises associating the one or more attributes with the thread ID of the first conversation.

CPC Classifications

G06Q 10/063114 G06Q 10/1097 G06Q 10/101 G06Q 50/01 G06F 16/22 H04L 51/56 H04L 51/216 H04L 51/046 H04L 67/55

Filing Date

2023-08-16

Application No.

18234774

Claims

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