Techniques for messaging using replication of a client database

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018013714-A1
Application number	US-201615385314-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 20, 2016
Priority date	Jul 6, 2016
Publication date	Jan 11, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Techniques for messaging using replication of a client database are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a local queue component operative to receive a message collection update at the first client device from a database synchronization system via an update queue, the message collection update for a message object collection, the message object collection associated with device-to-device messaging communication between the first client device and a second client device; and a local database management component operative to update a local database store for the message object collection on the client device using the message collection update, wherein updating the local database store is based on a collection identifier for the message collection update; and extract a device-to-device message from the message collection update, wherein extracting the device-to-device message from the message collection update empowers the messaging client to display the device-to-device message on the first client device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a message collection update at a first client device from a database synchronization system via an update queue for the database synchronization system, the message collection update for a message object collection, the message object collection associated with device-to-device messaging communication between the first client device and a second client device; updating a local database store for the message object collection on the client device using the message collection update, wherein updating the local database store is based on a collection identifier for the message collection update; extracting a device-to-device message from the message collection update; and displaying the device-to-device message on the first client device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , the message collection update associated with a primary key and a sorting key, the primary key comprising a message identifier, the sorting key comprising a timestamp for the message collection update.

3 . The method of claim 1 , the message object collection comprising a plurality of device-to-device message objects, wherein each of the plurality of device-to-device message objects is addressed to the first client device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
retrieving device-to-device configuration information specific to the device-to-device messaging communication between the first client device and the second client device; and extracting the device-to-device message from the message collection update based on the device-to-device configuration information.

5 . The method of claim 1 , the device-to-device messaging communication between the first client device and the second client device embodied in a device-to-device message thread, further comprising:
receiving a messaging composition interaction via the user interface for the device-to-device message thread, the messaging composition interaction comprising a user message; generating a device-to-device message object comprising the user message; and writing the device-to-device message object to a second-client-device-specific message object collection, wherein the second-client-device-specific message object collection is replicated to the second client device by the database synchronization system.

6 . The method of claim 1 , the first client device associated with a first user account, further comprising:
receiving a device-to-device messaging communication invitation on the first client device, the device-to-device messaging communication invitation received as invitation object, the invitation object specifying a second-client-device-specific message object collection; accepting the device-to-device messaging communication invitation on the first client in response to receiving the device-to-device messaging communication invitation on the first client device; and deleting the invitation object in response to receiving the device-to-device messaging communication invitation, wherein deleting the device-to-device messaging communication invitation is operative to delete the invitation object from one or more other client devices associated with the first user account.

7 . The method of claim 1 , the first client device associated with a first user account, the second client device associated with a second user account, further comprising:
displaying a user-to-user message thread display on the first client device, the user-to-user message thread display associated with a user-to-user message thread between the first user account and the second user account, the user-to-user message thread display including a device-to-device message thread invocation control; receiving a user activation of the device-to-device message thread invocation control in association with the user-to-user message thread display; and sending a device-to-device messaging communication invitation to the second user account in response to receiving the user activation of the device-to-device message thread invocation control.

8 . An apparatus, comprising:
a processor circuit on a first client device; a local queue component of a messaging client operative on the processor circuit to receive a message collection update at the first client device from a database synchronization system via an update queue for the database synchronization system, the message collection update for a message object collection, the message object collection associated with device-to-device messaging communication between the first client device and a second client device; and a local database management component of the messaging client operative on the processor circuit to update a local database store for the message object collection on the client device using the message collection update, wherein updating the local database store is based on a collection identifier for the message collection update; and extract a device-to-device message from the message collection update, wherein extracting the device-to-device message from the message collection update empowers the messaging client to display the device-to-device message on the first client device.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , the message collection update associated with a primary key and a sorting key, the primary key comprising a message identifier, the sorting key comprising a timestamp for the message collection update.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , the message object collection comprising a plurality of device-to-device message objects, wherein each of the plurality of device-to-device message objects is addressed to the first client device.

11 . The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:
the local database management component operative to retrieve device-to-device configuration information specific to the device-to-device messaging communication between the first client device and the second client device; and extract the device-to-device message from the message collection update based on the device-to-device configuration information.

12 . The apparatus of claim 8 , the device-to-device messaging communication between the first client device and the second client device embodied in a device-to-device message thread, further comprising:
the messaging client operative to receive a messaging composition interaction via the user interface for the device-to-device message thread, the messaging composition interaction comprising a user message; and the local database management component operative to generate a device-to-device message object comprising the user message; and write the device-to-device message object to a second-client-device-specific message object collection, wherein the second-client-device-specific message object collection is replicated to the second client device by the database synchronization system.

13 . The apparatus of claim 8 , the first client device associated with a first user account, further comprising:
the local queue component operative to receive a device-to-device messaging communication invitation on the first client device, the device-to-device messaging communication invitation received as invitation object, the invitation object specifying a second-client-device-specific message object collection; and the local database management component operative to accept the device-to-device messaging communication invitation on the first client in response to receiving the device-to-device messaging communication invitation on the first client device; and delete the invitation object in response to receiving the device-to-device messaging communication invit

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Leach Christopher Anthony
• Leupold Felix
• Tuckett Nicholas Miles
• Millican Jonathan Richard
• Kathuria Vishal
• Pauls Leigh Jonathan Henry

Classifications

• H04L51/38 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F17/30345

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L51/16

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• G06F17/30312

  Physics · mapped topic