Apparatus and Method for Maintaining a Message Thread with Opt-In Permanence for Entries

Patent №

US 9,705,831

Granted

2017-07-11

Filed 2013

Owner

SNAPCHAT, INC.

Lab

AI components

2

kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13906261

A server includes a message thread module with instructions executed by a processor to maintain a message thread between a first user and a second user. Each entry of the message thread is deleted after a display period unless an indication regarding the entry is received during the display period.

AI classification

Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.57
Natural language0.11
AI hardware0.02
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

SNAPCHAT, INC.

assignment · 305180050

Assignors

SPIEGEL, EVAN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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