TECHNIQUES FOR MESSAGING USING REPLICATION OF A CLIENT DATABASE

• US 20180013714A1
• Filed: 12/20/2016
• Published: 01/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Leach, Christopher Anthony, Leupold, Felix, Tuckett, Nicholas Miles, Millican, Jonathan Richard, Kathuria, Vishal, Pauls, Leigh Jonathan Henry
• Application Number:
  US15/385,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20180013714A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

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.

Claims

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 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.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, the first client device associated with a first user account, the second client device associated with a second user account, further comprising:

the messaging client operative to display 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; and

receive a user activation of the device-to-device message thread invocation control in association with the user-to-user message thread display; and

the local queue component operative to send 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.

15. At least one computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

receive 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, 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;

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;

extract a device-to-device message from the message collection update; and

display the device-to-device message on the first client device.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, 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.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system 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.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, 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 further instructions that, when executed, cause a system 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;

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.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the first client device associated with a first user account, further comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system 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;

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 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.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the first client device associated with a first user account, the second client device associated with a second user account, further comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

display 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;

receive a user activation of the device-to-device message thread invocation control in association with the user-to-user message thread display; and

send 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.