Prioritization of messages within a message collection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9825898-B2
Application number	US-201715416846-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Priority date	Jun 13, 2014
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

In some embodiments, a computer implemented method of processing messages may include receiving priority information from at least one sponsor, the priority information to be used in determining a priority of one or more messages received from a plurality user devices, creating a message collection using a plurality of messages received from the plurality of user devices, applying the priority information to at least one of the messages in the message collection, prioritizing the at least one message in the message collection according to the applied priority information, and supplying the message collection with the at least one message in an order of presentation based on the applied priority information of the at least one message.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of processing messages, the method comprising:
receiving, at a server computer, priority information from at least one sponsor, the priority information to be used in determining a priority of one or more messages received from a plurality user devices;
creating, by the server computer, a message collection using a plurality of messages received from the plurality of user devices;
applying, by the server computer, the priority information to at least one of the messages in the message collection;
prioritizing, by the server computer, the at least one message in the message collection according to the applied priority information; and
supplying, by the server computer, the message collection with the at least one message in an order of presentation based on the applied priority information of the at least one message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority information is a function of the amount of consideration supplied by the sponsor.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sponsor is an owner of a brand.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority information is based on a similarity in theme between content associated with the sponsor and an event associated with the one or more messages.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a second message in the message collection has no priority information associated with the second message, and wherein the second message is organized in the message collection based on a temporal basis.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a second message in the message collection has priority information comprising a low weight associated with the second message that fails to meet a predetermine minimum weight and based on the low weight, the second message is not presented in the message collection.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein prioritization of the at least one message in the message collection according to the applied priority information includes placing the at least one message in a favorable presentation in the form of an early placement in a sequence of the messages in the message collection, or in the form of a message of a relatively long duration in a sequence of ephemeral messages.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority information includes a favorable weight ascribed to a message from a sender who is a sponsor or endorser, or to a message from a sender who is a celebrity or well-known individual.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority information includes a favorable weight ascribed to a message based on a bid amount received from an advertiser.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving bid amounts for brand messages or advertisements; and
prioritizing the brand messages or advertisements in the message collection based on the bid amounts received.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message collection is supplied to a user device for display to a user of the user device.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message collection is associated with an event.

13. A server to process messages, the server comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server to perform operations comprising:
receiving priority information from at least one sponsor, the priority information to be used in determining a priority of one or more messages received from a plurality user devices;
creating a message collection using a plurality of messages received from the plurality of user devices;
applying the priority information to at least one of the messages in the message collection;
prioritizing the at least one message in the message collection according to the applied priority information; and
supplying the message collection with the at least one message in an order of presentation based on the applied priority information of the at least one message.

14. The server of claim 13 , wherein the priority information is a function of the amount of consideration supplied by the sponsor.

15. The server of claim 13 , wherein the priority information is based on a similarity in theme between content associated with the sponsor and an event associated with the one or more messages.

16. The server of claim 13 , wherein prioritization of the at least one message in the message collection according to the applied priority information includes placing the at least one message in a favorable presentation in the form of an early placement in a sequence of the messages in the message collection, or in the form of a message of a relatively long duration in a sequence of ephemeral messages.

17. The server of claim 13 , wherein at least a second message in the message collection has priority information comprising a low weight associated with the second message that fails to meet a predetermine minimum weight and based on the low weight, the second message is not presented in the message collection.

18. The server of claim 13 , wherein the priority information includes a favorable weight ascribed to a message from a sender who is a sponsor or endorser, or to a message from a sender who is a celebrity or well-known individual.

19. The server of claim 13 , wherein the priority information includes a favorable weight ascribed to a message based on a bid amount received from an advertiser.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that are executable by at least one processor to cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving priority information from at least one sponsor, the priority information to be used in determining a priority of one or more messages received from a plurality user devices;
creating a message collection using a plurality of messages received from the plurality of user devices;
applying the priority information to at least one of the messages in the message collection;
prioritizing the at least one message in the message collection according to the applied priority information; and
supplying the message collection with the at least one message in an order of presentation based on the applied priority information of the at least one message.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Sehn Timothy Michael

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06F40/279

  Recognition of textual entities · CPC title

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• G06Q30/0267

  Wireless devices · CPC title

• H04W4/021 Primary

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title