Methods, systems, and media for generating contextually relevant messages

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11516162-B2
Application number	US-202117391520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2021
Priority date	May 18, 2015
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for generating contextually relevant messages are provided. In some embodiments, a method for generating contextually relevant messages is provided, the method comprising: requesting content from a content source; receiving a content item; causing the content item to be presented using a display device; causing an endorsement indication corresponding to an endorsing user to be concurrently presented with the content item, wherein a user associated with the request for content and the endorsing user are social connections; receiving user input selecting the endorsement indication; causing a temporary messaging interface including a temporary message from the user to the endorsing user to be presented; causing a permanent message to be created based on the temporary message and received user input; and causing the permanent message to be presented to the endorsing user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for generating contextually relevant messages, the method comprising:
causing, using a hardware processor, a content item to be presented and causing an endorsement indication that includes endorsement information and identity information corresponding to an endorsing user to be concurrently presented with the content item;
in response to receiving a first user input selecting at least a portion of the endorsement indication, generating, using the hardware processor and without user input, a temporary messaging interface including a temporary message from a user associated with the first user input to the endorsing user, wherein the temporary message includes the content item and the endorsement information; and
in response to receiving a second user input in connection with the temporary messaging interface, causing, using the hardware processor, presentation of the temporary message to be inhibited.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
requesting content from a content source, wherein a user device is associated with the user; and
receiving the content item that has been endorsed by the endorsing user responsive to the request.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the endorsement information and the identity information corresponding to the endorsing user is associated with the content item and determining that the user and the endorsing user are social connections.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the temporary message is positioned at a first position within an existing messaging thread between the user and the endorsing user and wherein the transition of the temporary message to the permanent message further comprises modifying a position of the message in the existing messaging thread between the user and the endorsing user from the first position to a second position.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content item includes video content.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising causing the video content to be played back concurrently with presenting the temporary messaging interface.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the second user input received in connection with the temporary messaging interface is not a user input to cause the permanent message to be created; and
causing presentation of the temporary messaging interface to be inhibited in response to determining that the user input received in connection with the temporary messaging interface is not a user input to cause the permanent message to be created.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
causing the temporary message to be saved upon causing presentation of the temporary messaging interface to be inhibited;
causing the content item to be presented at a subsequent time using a display device coupled to the hardware processor; and
causing the saved temporary message to be presented in the temporary message interface in response to causing the content item to be presented at the subsequent time.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the permanent message includes the content item and the endorsement information.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user input received in connection with the temporary messaging interface includes user input to add text to the temporary message.

11. A system for generating contextually relevant messages, the system comprising:
a memory; and
a hardware processor that, when executing computer executable instructions stored in the memory, is programmed to:
cause a content item to be presented and causing an endorsement indication that includes endorsement information and identity information corresponding to an endorsing user to be concurrently presented with the content item;
in response to receiving a first user input selecting at least a portion of the endorsement indication, generate, without user input, a temporary messaging interface including a temporary message from a user associated with the first user input to the endorsing user, wherein the temporary message includes the content item and the endorsement information; and
in response to receiving a second user input in connection with the temporary messaging interface, cause presentation of the temporary message to be inhibited.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
request content from a content source, wherein a user device is associated with the user; and
receive the content item that has been endorsed by the endorsing user responsive to the request.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to determine that the endorsement information and the identity information corresponding to the endorsing user is associated with the content item and determining that the user and the endorsing user are social connections.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the temporary message is positioned at a first position within an existing messaging thread between the user and the endorsing user and wherein the transition of the temporary message to the permanent message further comprises modifying a position of the message in the existing messaging thread between the user and the endorsing user from the first position to a second position.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the content item includes video content.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to cause the video content to be played back concurrently with presenting the temporary messaging interface.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
determine that the second user input received in connection with the temporary messaging interface is not a user input to cause the permanent message to be created; and
cause presentation of the temporary messaging interface to be inhibited in response to determining that the user input received in connection with the temporary messaging interface is not a user input to cause the permanent message to be created.

18. The system of claim 17 , further comprising:
cause the temporary message to be saved upon causing presentation of the temporary messaging interface to be inhibited;
cause the content item to be presented at a subsequent time using a display device coupled to the hardware processor; and
cause the saved temporary message to be presented in the temporary message interface in response to causing the content item to be presented at the subsequent time.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the permanent message includes the content item and the endorsement information.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the user input received in connection with the temporary messaging interface includes user input to add text to the temporary message.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for generating contextually relevant messages, the method comprising:
causing, using a hardware processor, a content item to be presented and causing an endorsement indication that includes endorsement information and identity information corresponding to an endorsing user to be concurrently presented with the content item;
in response to receiving a first user input selecting at least a portion of the endorsement indication, generating, using the hardware processor and without user input, a temporary messaging interface including a temporary

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Lewis Justin
• James Gavin

Classifications

• H04L51/52 Primary

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/10 Primary

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04L51/216

  Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads · CPC title

• H04L51/214

  using selective forwarding · CPC title