Systems and methods for reacting to messages

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11941229-B2
Application number	US-202318105324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2023
Priority date	Oct 23, 2020
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

A method includes displaying a message within an interface of a group-based communication platform on a device associated with a user; receiving, from the user, a selection of a first reactive emoji having a first skin tone for display in association with the message; and in response, displaying a first instance of the selected first reactive emoji having the first skin tone in a first grouping with at least a second instance of the first reactive emoji having a second skin tone different than the first skin tone, wherein the first grouping of the first instance and the at least the second instance is displayed in association with the message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
causing a message posted to a communication platform to be displayed on an interface of an electronic device associated with a user of the communication platform;
receiving a selection of two or more instances of a same reactive emoji with different skin tones in association with the posted message; and
after receiving the selection, causing a message box that includes at least the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji with the different skin tones and an indication of a quantity of the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji with the different skin tones to be displayed in association with the posted message on the interface of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message box further includes an indication of user identifiers associated with two or more users that selected the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji with the different skin tones.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji are displayed in line with the user identifiers associated with the two or more users that selected the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the different skin tones of the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji displayed on the interface of the electronic device are based on skin tone settings of users that selected the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message box further includes an indication of a total quantity of all reactive emojis selected in association with the posted message.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message box is displayed on the interface of the electronic device in response to a user of the electronic device interacting with a user interface element that corresponds to the posted message.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing display of a menu that includes a plurality of reactive emojis with different skin tones in response to a mouse hover input from a user of the electronic device, wherein at least one instance of the same reactive emoji is selected from the menu.

8. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory coupled with the one or more processors; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
cause a message posted to a communication platform to be displayed on an interface of an electronic device associated with a user of the communication platform;
receive a selection of two or more instances of a same reactive emoji with different skin tones in association with the posted message; and
after the selection is received, cause a message box that includes at least the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji with the different skin tones and an indication of a quantity of the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji with the different skin tones to be displayed in association with the posted message on the interface of the electronic device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the message box further includes an indication of user identifiers associated with two or more users that selected the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji with the different skin tones.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji are displayed in line with the user identifiers associated with the two or more users that selected the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the different skin tones of the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji displayed on the interface of the electronic device are based on skin tone settings of users that selected the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the message box further includes an indication of a total quantity of all reactive emojis selected in association with the posted message.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the message box is displayed on the interface of the electronic device in response to a user of the electronic device interacting with a user interface element that corresponds to the posted message.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
cause display of a menu that includes a plurality of reactive emojis with different skin tones in response to a mouse hover input from a user of the electronic device, wherein at least one instance of the same reactive emoji is selected from the menu.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors to:
cause a message posted to a communication platform to be displayed on an interface of an electronic device associated with a user of the communication platform;
receive a selection of two or more instances of a same reactive emoji with different skin tones in association with the posted message; and
after the selection is received, cause a message box that includes at least the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji with the different skin tones and an indication of a quantity of the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji with the different skin tones to be displayed in association with the posted message on the interface of the electronic device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the message box further includes an indication of user identifiers associated with two or more users that selected the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji with the different skin tones.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji are displayed in line with the user identifiers associated with the two or more users that selected the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the different skin tones of the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji displayed on the interface of the electronic device are based on skin tone settings of users that selected the two or more instances of the same reactive emoji.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the message box further includes an indication of a total quantity of all reactive emojis selected in association with the posted message.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the message box is displayed on the interface of the electronic device in response to a user of the electronic device interacting with a user interface element that corresponds to the posted message.

Assignees

• Slack Tech Llc
• Salesforce Inc

Inventors

• Cole Adam
• Carmo Pedro
• Au Kristin

Classifications

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04L51/10 Primary

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04L12/1813

  for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms (instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title