Patent ID: 11962555
Assignee: WHATSAPP LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
requesting, via a network chat application running in a first client device, to keep at least one message in a first conversation thread in a networked conversation hosted by the network chat application, wherein the first conversation thread is scheduled for a later deletion and wherein the at least one message is associated with a second client device;
accessing the at least one message in a folder for kept messages;
determining a state of the chat application in the second client device;
displaying, based on the state of the chat application in the second client device, an in-application notification or a push notification that the at least one message has been stored in the folder and is accessible to multiple participants in the networked conversation;
removing the at least one message from the folder upon receipt, from the second client device, of a request to un-keep the at least one message; and
requesting, with the first client device, to un-keep a second message from a second conversation thread, wherein the second message was sent to the second conversation thread from the first client device.