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

Claim 10:
11. A system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
receive, by a chat application running on a first client device, a selection of a first message to keep from a sequence of messages in a networked conversation hosted by the chat application, wherein the first message is associated with a second client device;
verify that the networked conversation is slated for deletion at a selected time after the selection of the first message;
store the first message in a folder accessible to multiple participants in the networked conversation;
determine a state of the chat application in the second client device;
display, based on the state of the chat application in the second client device, an in-application notification or a push notification that the first message has been stored in the folder and is accessible to the participants in the networked conversation; and
remove the first message from the folder upon receipt, from the second client device, of a request to un-keep the first message.