Techniques to share application data through a messaging system

• US 9,891,970 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2015
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Franklin, Alexander Salem, Steiner, Matthew, Perlow, Jonathan David
• Primary Examiner(s): Do, Chat
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wood, William C
• Application Number:
  US14/844,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20170068579A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/466 Transaction processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues

Abstract

Techniques to share application data through a messaging system are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a messaging component operative to receive a message package from a messaging service at a messaging client on a client device, the message package addressed from a source messaging account and addressed to a recipient messaging account, the recipient messaging account associated with the messaging client on the client device; extract an application data payload from the message package; receive an application service recommendation package from the messaging service, the application service recommendation package comprising an application service identifier; and an application interoperation component operative to transmit at least a portion of the application data payload to a recommended application service by the messaging client, the recommended application service identified by the application service identifier. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a message package from a messaging service at a messaging client on a client device, the message package addressed from a source messaging account and addressed to a recipient messaging account, the recipient messaging account associated with the messaging client on the client device;

extracting an application data payload from the message package;

receiving an application service recommendation package from the messaging service, the application service recommendation package comprising a plurality of application service identifiers that indicate a plurality of recommended application services for use in handling the application data payload;

displaying the plurality of recommended application services on the display device for the client device, the plurality of recommended application services corresponding to the plurality of application service identifiers;

receiving a user command, the user command indicating selection of a service recommendation corresponding to a recommended application service; and

transmitting at least a portion of the application data payload to the selected application service by the messaging client.

2. The method of claim 1, the application data payload operative to configure the recommended application service as to context of a messaging conversation between the source messaging account and the recipient messaging account.

3. The method of claim 1, the application service recommendation specified by the messaging service based on the application data payload.

4. The method of claim 1, the application data payload comprising at least time information and location information, the recommended application service comprising a transportation application service, the application service recommendation package comprising a transportation application service recommendation based on the application data payload comprising the time information and the location information.

5. The method of claim 1, the message package comprising a media item, the application data payload comprising keyword information for the media item, the recommended application service comprising a media application service, wherein transmitting the application data payload to the media application service configures the media application service for the retrieval of a plurality of media items based on the keyword information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an application data item from the recommended application service in response to transmitting at least the portion of the application data payload to the recommended application service; and

transmitting a second message package to the messaging service, the second message package including the application data item in an updated application data payload.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor circuit on a client device;

a network interface controller on a client device;

a messaging component operative on the processor circuit to receive a message package from a messaging service at a messaging client on a client device via the network interface controller, the message package addressed from a source messaging account and addressed to a recipient messaging account, the recipient messaging account associated with the messaging client on the client device;

extract an application data payload from the message package;

receive an application service recommendation package from the messaging service, the application service recommendation package comprising a plurality of application service identifiers that indicate a plurality of recommended application services for use in handling the application data payload;

an application interoperation component operative to;

display the plurality of recommended application services on the display device for the client device, the plurality of recommended application services corresponding to the plurality of application service identifiers;

receive a user commend, the user command indicating selection of a service recommendation corresponding to a recommended application service; and

transmit at least a portion of the application data payload to the selected application service.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, the application data payload operative to configure the recommended application service as to context of a messaging conversation between the source messaging account and the recipient messaging account.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, the application service recommendation specified by the messaging service based on the application data payload.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, the application data payload comprising at least time information and location information, the recommended application service comprising a transportation application service, the application service recommendation package comprising a transportation application service recommendation based on the application data payload comprising the time information and the location information.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, the message package comprising a media item, the application data payload comprising keyword information for the media item, the recommended application service comprising a media application service, wherein transmitting the application data payload to the media application service configures the media application service for the retrieval of a plurality of media items based on the keyword information.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

the application interoperation component operative to receive an application data item from the recommended application service in response to transmitting at least the portion of the application data payload to the recommended application service; and

the messaging component operative to transmit a second message package to the messaging service, the second message package including the application data item in an updated application data payload.

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

receive a message package from a messaging service at a messaging client on a client device, the message package addressed from a source messaging account and addressed to a recipient messaging account, the recipient messaging account associated with the messaging client on the client device;

extract an application data payload from the message package;

receive an application service recommendation package from the messaging service, the application service recommendation package comprising a plurality of application service identifiers that indicate a plurality of recommended application services for use in handling the application data payload, the application service recommendations specified by the messaging service based on the application data payload;

display the plurality of recommended application services on the display device for the client device, the plurality of recommended application services corresponding to the plurality of application service identifiers;

receive a user command, the user command indicating selection of a service recommendation corresponding to a recommended application service and

transmit at least a portion of the application data payload to the selected application service by the messaging client.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, the application data payload operative to configure the recommended application service as to context of a messaging conversation between the source messaging account and the recipient messaging account.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, the application data payload comprising at least time information and location information, the recommended application service comprising a transportation application service, the application service recommendation package comprising a transportation application service recommendation based on the application data payload comprising the time information and the location information.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, the message package comprising a media item, the application data payload comprising keyword information for the media item, the recommended application service comprising a media application service, wherein transmitting the application data payload to the media application service configures the media application service for the retrieval of a plurality of media items based on the keyword information.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

receive an application data item from the recommended application service in response to transmitting at least the portion of the application data payload to the recommended application service; and

transmit a second message package to the messaging service, the second message package including the application data item in an updated application data payload.