Patent Publication Number: US-2021168100-A1

Title: Selective presentation of group messages

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/437,116, filed February 20, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to communication technologies and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to processing of group chat message conversations. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Various computing devices including mobile technologies such as smartphones provide the ability for users to send messages between devices. Group messaging applications provide a convenient way for users to keep in touch with others. In various devices, different systems may be used to manage a potentially large number of messages received by a single user. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Various ones of the appended drawings merely illustrate example embodiments of the present disclosure and should not be considered as limiting its scope. 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a networked system, according to some example embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram of the group messaging system, according to certain example embodiments. 
         FIG. 3  is a flow chart showing an example method for the soft deletion of group chat conversations, according to some example embodiments. 
         FIG. 4  is a flow chart showing an example method for executing the soft deletion of a group chat conversation, according to some example embodiments. 
         FIG. 5  is a flow chart showing an example method for presenting a listing of suggested group chat conversations, according to some example embodiments. 
         FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating an example software architecture, which may be used in conjunction with various hardware architectures herein described. 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating components of a machine, according to some example embodiments, able to read instructions from a machine-readable medium (e.g., a machine-readable storage medium) and perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The description that follows includes systems, methods, techniques, instruction sequences, and computing machine program products that embody illustrative embodiments of the disclosure. In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide an understanding of various embodiments of the inventive subject matter. It will be evident, however, to those skilled in the art, that embodiments of the inventive subject matter may be practiced without these specific details. In general, well-known instruction instances, protocols, structures, and techniques are not necessarily shown in detail. 
     Group messaging systems allow users to create group chat conversations including two or more participants. A group chat conversation allows the participants of the group chat conversation to send/receive messages to/from other users that are participants of the group chat conversation. As an example, a participant of a group chat conversation can draft and transmit a message as part of a group chat conversation, which will be received by the other participants of the group chat conversation. 
     A user can participate in multiple group chat conversations, which can be problematic. For example, presenting each group chat conversation to the user can be challenging as the number of group chat conversations increases. Accordingly, a group messaging system can provide a user with a chat feed interface listing the group chat conversations in which the user is participating. The chat feed interface can be an interface that presents a chat feed. A chat feed can be any type of listing of one or more group chat conversations, such as a listing of group chat conversations in which the user is a participant. The user can scroll through the group chat conversations listed in the chat feed, select a group chat conversation to view, read chat messages transmitted as part of the group chat conversation, as well as draft and transmit new messages as part of the group chat conversation. The group chat conversations listed in the chat feed can be labeled based on participants of the group chat conversation or, alternatively, based on a group chat conversation name assigned to the group chat conversation. 
     In addition to providing a user with a chat feed to manage multiple group chat conversations, the group messaging system can also provide a user with a search interface to search for group chat conversations in which the user is a participant. The search interface can enable a user to enter a search query, such as key words, names of participants, a group chat conversation name, etc. The group messaging system searches group chat conversations based on the received search queries and provides the results to the user. 
     To further assist a user manage multiple group chat conversations, the group messaging system can provide the user with a listing of suggested group chat conversations in which the user is participant. For example, the group messaging system can provide the user with a listing of suggested group chat conversations in response to a user selecting to create a new group chat conversation or, alternatively, in response to a user generating a new message. The user can select one of the suggested group chat conversations rather than enter participant names individually. 
     In some instances, group chat conversations may eventually be exhausted and/or become irrelevant. These exhausted and/or irrelevant group chat conversations may clutter a user&#39;s interface and make it difficult to find desired group chat conversations, as well as drain resources, such as memory. To alleviate these issues, the group messaging system can execute a soft deletion of group chat conversations that are assumed to be exhausted and/or irrelevant (e.g., group chat conversations that have remained inactive for a threshold period of time). Executing the soft deletion can cause the group chat conversation to be removed from the listing of suggested group chat conversations presented to the user. As a result, the suggested group chat conversations presented to a user will not include group chat conversations assumed to be exhausted and/or irrelevant. 
     A group chat conversation that has been soft deleted may still be accessed by a user. For example, the group chat conversation may remain in the users chat feed and a user can scroll through the chat feed to access the group chat conversation. A group chat conversation that has been soft deleted may also remain accessible via search if the group chat conversation has been assigned a group chat conversation name. Accordingly, a user can enter the group chat conversation name as a search query to access the group chat conversation. 
     While group chat conversations that have been assigned a group chat conversation name can remain accessible via search after a soft deletion has been executed, group chat conversations that have not been assigned a group chat conversation name may not be accessible via search. However, a user may access these types of group chat conversations via the chat feed. 
     Although a group chat conversation has been soft deleted, data associated with the group chat conversation is not necessarily deleted. Accordingly, the user can still access the group chat conversation, draft and transmit new messages as part of the group chat conversation, and receive messages as part of the group chat conversation. Further, if a new message is sent or received as part of a group message conversation, the soft deletion of the group chat conversation can be reversed. Hence, the group chat conversation would again appear in a listing of recommended group chat conversations and/or search results. 
       FIG. 1  is a network diagram depicting a network system  100  having a client-server architecture configured for exchanging data over a network, according to one embodiment. For example, the network system  100  may be a messaging system where clients communicate and exchange data within the network system  100 . The data may pertain to various functions and aspects associated with the network system  100  and its users. Although illustrated herein as client-server architecture, other embodiments may include other network architectures, such as peer-to-peer or distributed network environments. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the network system  100  includes a social messaging system  130 . The social messaging system  130  is generally based on a three-tiered architecture, consisting of an interface layer  124 , an application logic layer  126 , and a data layer  128 . As is understood by skilled artisans in the relevant computer and Internet-related arts, each module or engine shown in  FIG. 1  represents a set of executable software instructions and the corresponding hardware (e.g., memory and processor) for executing the instructions. To avoid obscuring the inventive subject matter with unnecessary detail, various functional modules and engines that are not germane to conveying an understanding of the inventive subject matter have been omitted from  FIG. 1 . Of course, additional functional modules and engines may be used with a social messaging system, such as that illustrated in  FIG. 1 , to facilitate additional functionality that is not specifically described herein. Furthermore, the various functional modules and engines depicted in  FIG. 1  may reside on a single server computer, or may be distributed across several server computers in various arrangements. Moreover, although the social messaging system  130  is depicted in  FIG. 1  as a three-tiered architecture, the inventive subject matter is by no means limited to such an architecture. 
     In some embodiments, the social messaging system  130  allows users to exchange ephemeral messages that may or may not include media content. In various embodiments described herein, any message or group chat conversation may be an ephemeral message or ephemeral conversations. An ephemeral message is any message with an associated deletion trigger. In some embodiments, for example, a text chat message may be set with a deletion trigger for a fixed amount of time after a first user views the message, or for a fixed amount of time after each user in a group chat conversation views the message. In some embodiments, a text or multimedia message may be set with a deletion trigger associated with an amount of time the content is displayed on a device. In various embodiments, these deletion triggers may be shared by all recipients, or may be individualized for different recipients. In other embodiments, a deletion trigger may be set at the beginning of a group chat conversation by a user that initiates the group chat conversation. In other embodiments, a deletion trigger may be standardized for each message, and the deletion trigger may or may not be modified by a device sending a message. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the interface layer  124  consists of interface module(s) (e.g., a web server)  140 , which receive requests from various client-computing devices and servers, such as client device(s)  110  executing client application(s)  112 , and third party server(s)  120  executing third party application(s)  122 . In response to received requests, the interface module(s)  140  communicate appropriate responses to requesting devices via a network  104 . For example, the interface module(s)  140  can receive requests such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests, or other web-based Application Programming Interface (API) requests. 
     The client device(s)  110  can execute conventional web browser applications or applications (also referred to as “apps”) that have been developed for a specific platform to include any of a wide variety of mobile computing devices and mobile-specific operating systems (e.g., IOS™, ANDROID™, WINDOWS® PHONE). In an example, the client device(s)  110  are executing the client application(s)  112 . The client application(s)  112  can provide functionality to present information to a user  106  and communicate via the network  104  to exchange information with the social messaging system  130 . Each of the client device(s)  110  can comprise a computing device that includes at least a display and communication capabilities with the network  104  to access the social messaging system  130 . The client device(s)  110  comprise, but are not limited to, remote devices, work stations, computers, general purpose computers, Internet appliances, hand-held devices, wireless devices, portable devices, wearable computers, cellular or mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones, tablets, ultrabooks, netbooks, laptops, desktops, multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, game consoles, set-top boxes, network personal computers (PCs), mini-computers, and the like. User(s)  106  can be a person, a machine, or other means of interacting with the client device(s)  110 . In some embodiments, the user(s)  106  interact with the social messaging system  130  via the client device(s)  110 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the data layer  128  has database server(s)  132  that facilitate access to information storage repositories or database(s)  134 . The database(s)  134  are storage devices that store data such as member profile data, social graph data (e.g., relationships between members of the social messaging system  130 ), and other user data. 
     The databases(s)  134  further store group message data associated with group chat conversations. For example, the group message data can include a data record for each created group chat conversation. Each data record can include data associated with the corresponding group chat conversation, such as the users that are participants of the group chat conversation, a group chat conversation name assigned to the group chat conversation, messages transmitted as part of the group chat conversation, timestamps indicating when messages were sent/received, etc. 
     An individual can register with the social messaging system  130  to become a member of the social messaging system  130 . Once registered, a member can form social network relationships (e.g., friends, followers, or contacts) on the social messaging system  130  and interact with a broad range of applications provided by the social messaging system  130 . 
     The application logic layer  126  includes various application logic module(s)  150 , which, in conjunction with the interface module(s)  140 , generate various user interfaces with data retrieved from various data sources or data services in the data layer  128 . Individual application logic module(s)  150  may be used to implement the functionality associated with various applications, services, and features of the social messaging system  130 . For instance, a social messaging application can be implemented with one or more of the application logic module(s)  150 . The social messaging application provides a messaging mechanism for users of the client device(s)  110  to send and receive messages that include text and media content such as pictures and video. The client device(s)  110  may access and view the messages from the social messaging application for a specified period of time (e.g., limited or unlimited). In an example, a particular message is accessible to a message recipient for a predefined duration (e.g., specified by a message sender) that begins when the particular message is first accessed. After the predefined duration elapses, the message is deleted and is no longer accessible to the message recipient. Of course, other applications and services may be separately embodied in their own application server module(s)  150 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , the social messaging system  130  includes a group messaging system  160 . In various embodiments, the group messaging system  160  can be implemented as a standalone system and is not necessarily included in the social messaging system  130 . In some embodiments, the client device(s)  110  include a portion of the group messaging system  160  (e.g., a portion of the group messaging system  160  included independently or in the client application(s)  112 ). In embodiments where the client device(s)  110  includes a portion of the group messaging system  160 , the client device(s)  110  can work alone or in conjunction with the portion of the group messaging system  160  included in a particular application server or included in the social messaging system  130 . 
     The group messaging system  160  provides functionality enabling users to participate in and manage multiple group chat conversations. A group chat conversation, as referred to herein, is any set of communications, messages, etc., between two or more user participants. A group chat conversation can be stored in a memory of a client device  110 , or stored within one or more databases  134 . A group chat conversation includes one or more messages, with later messages initiated in response to one or more earlier messages or otherwise associated with earlier messages. Messages within a group chat conversation may comprise text, image files, hyperlinks, audio files, video files, and other media. A group chat conversation as referred to herein is a conversation involving two or more user participants, user accounts, or devices that send or receive any messages of a set of messages in a communication. A group chat conversation may also be considered as any conversation where one or more messages that make up a conversation are sent to one or more recipients. 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram  200  of the group messaging system  160 , according to certain example embodiments. The group messaging system  160  is shown as including a communication module  202 , an interface module  204 , a suggestion module  206 , a search module  208  and a soft deletion module  210 . The various modules of the group messaging system  160  are configured to communicate with each other (e.g., via a bus, shared memory, or a switch). Any one or more of these modules may be implemented using one or more computer processors  220  (e.g., by configuring such one or more computer processors to perform functions described for that module) and hence may include one or more of the computer processors  220 . 
     Any one or more of the modules described may be implemented using hardware alone (e.g., one or more of the computer processors  704  of a machine (e.g., machine  700 )) or a combination of hardware and software. For example, any described module of the group messaging system  160  may physically include an arrangement of one or more of the computer processors  704  (e.g., a subset of or among the one or more computer processors of the machine (e.g., machine  700 )) configured to perform the operations described herein for that module. As another example, any module of the group messaging system  160  may include software, hardware, or both, that configure an arrangement of one or more computer processors  704  (e.g., among the one or more computer processors of the machine (e.g., machine  700 )) to perform the operations described herein for that module. Accordingly, different modules of the group messaging system  160  may include and configure different arrangements of such computer processors  704  or a single arrangement of such computer processors  704  at different points in time. Moreover, any two or more modules of the group messaging system  160  may be combined into a single module, and the functions described herein for a single module may be subdivided among multiple modules. Furthermore, according to various example embodiments, modules described herein as being implemented within a single machine, database, or device may be distributed across multiple machines, databases, or devices. 
     The communication module  202  provides various communication functionality. For example, the communication module  202  receives and transmits a plurality of messages as part of group chat conversations accessible by one or more client devices  110 . In a specific example, the communication module  202  receives and transmits a variety of message content, including text messages, images, embedded links, and the like. The communication module  202  exchanges network communications with the database server(s)  132 , the client device(s)  110 , and the third party server(s)  120 . The information retrieved by the communication module  202  includes data associated with the user (e.g., member profile data from an online account or social network service data) or other data to facilitate the functionality described herein. 
     The interface module  204  provides user interface functionality for group chat conversations. As one example, the interface module  202  provides users with a group chat interface in which users can transmit and receive messages as part of a group chat conversation. The group chat interface can further enable users to create new group chat conversations. For example, the group chat interface can enable a user to select one or more participants to include in the group chat conversation, assign a group chat interface name, and/or transmit a message to the selected participants as part of the group chat conversation. 
     As another example, the interface module  202  provides users with a chat feed interface that lists group chat conversations in which the user is a participant. The user can select one of the listed group chat conversations to cause presentation of a corresponding group chat interface, which the user can use to review messages transmitted as part of the group chat conversation, as well as draft and transmit new messages. In some embodiments, the group chat conversations listed in the chat feed can be labeled based on participants of the group chat conversation or, alternatively, based on a group chat conversation name assigned to the group chat conversation. 
     To present a chat feed interface to a user, the interface module  204  can access group messaging data associated with the user. For example, the interface module  204  can access group messaging data from the database(s)  134  that are associated with the user and/or the client device. Additionally, the interface module  204  can access group messaging data stored locally by the client device  110 . The group messaging data can include data records for group chat conversations in which the user is a participant. Each data record can include metadata associated with the group chat conversations, such as group chat conversation names, user participants, timestamps, messages, etc. 
     In some embodiments, the group chat conversations can be listed in the chat feed based on a length of time that each group chat conversation has remained inactive (e.g., an amount of elapsed time since a message has been transmitted as part of the group chat conversation). For example, the group chats conversations that have remained inactive for the shortest amount of time (e.g., the most recently active group chat conversations) can be listed higher in the chat feed, whereas group chat conversations that have remained inactive longest can be listed lower in the chat feed. Accordingly, the user will be presented with the most recently active group chat conversations first in the chat feed, and be able to scroll down in the chat feed to access group chat conversations that have remained inactive for a longer period of time. 
     The interface module  204  determines the length of time that each group chat conversation has remained inactive based on the timestamp data associated with the messages transmitted as part of the group chat conversations. For example, the interface module  204  can access the timestamp value for the most recent message transmitted as part of the group chat conversation. The interface module  204  can then order the group chat conversations in the chat feed based on the timestamp value for the most recent message transmitted as part of the group chat conversation. 
     The suggestion module  206  provides a user with a listing of suggested group chat conversations. For example, the suggestion module  206  can provide the user with a listing of suggested group chat conversations in response to receiving a message initiation input. A message initiation input can be a user input to create and/or send a message as part of a group chat conversation. For example, a message initiation input can be received as a result of a user selecting to create a new group chat conversation or, alternatively, in response to a user generating a new message. The user can use the listing of suggested group chat conversations to select an existing group chat conversation rather than entering participant names individually. 
     The suggestion module  206  can gather group messaging data associated with a user and/or the client device  110  to provide the user with the suggested group chat conversations. For example, the suggestion module  206  can gather the group messaging data from the database(s)  134  and/or from data stored locally by the client device  110 . 
     The search module  208  enables a user to search the group chat conversations in which the user is a participant. For example, the search module  208  provides the user with a search interface that the user can utilize to enter a search query, such as a group chat conversation name, keyword, user participants, etc. The search module  208  can utilize an entered search query to search group messaging data associated with the user and/or the client device  110 . For example, the search module  208  can search the group messaging data stored by the database(s)  134  and/or stored locally by the client device  110 . The search module  208  can provide the resulting search results to the user. For example, the search module  208  can provide the search results within the search interface. A user can utilize the search results to access a corresponding group chat conversation. 
     The soft deletion module  210  can execute a soft deletion of a group chat conversation that has remained inactive for a threshold period of time. The soft deletion module  210  can gather the timestamp value for the most recent message transmitted as part of a group chat conversation to determine whether the group chat conversation has remained inactive for the threshold period of time. 
     Soft deleting a group chat conversation causes the group chat conversation to be removed from the listing of suggested group chat conversations presented to the user. A group chat conversation that has been soft deleted may still be accessed by a user. For example, the group chat conversation may remain in the users chat feed, thereby allowing the user to scroll through the chat feed to access the group chat conversation. 
     A group chat conversation that has been soft deleted may also remain accessible via search if the group chat conversation has been assigned a group chat conversation name. Accordingly, a user can enter the group chat conversation name as a search query to access the group chat conversation. While group chat conversations that have been assigned a group chat conversation name can remain accessible via search after a soft deletion has been executed, group chat conversations that have not been assigned a group chat conversation name may not be accessible via search. A user may, however, access these types of group chat conversations via the chat feed. 
     To soft delete a group chat conversation, the soft deletion module  210  can modify group messaging data associated with the group chat conversation indicating that the group chat conversation has been soft deleted. For example, the soft deletion module  210  can flag, mark or otherwise modify the data record for a group chat conversation to indicate that the group chat conversation has been soft deleted. The suggestion module  206  and/or the search module  208  can detect the modification to the data record and determine that the corresponding group chat conversation has been soft deleted and therefore should not be included in the listing of suggested group chat conversations and/or search results. 
     In some embodiments, the soft deletion module  210  can modify the data record to indicate that the group chat conversation should not be included in the listing of suggested group chat conversations and search results. Alternatively, the soft deletion module  210  can modify the data record to indicate that the group chat conversation should not be included in the listing of suggested group chat conversations, but should remain included in search results. For example, the soft deletion module  210  can determine whether the group chat conversation has been assigned a group chat conversation name and modify the data record according to whether the group chat conversation has been assigned a group chat conversation name. 
     It should be noted that although a group chat conversation has been soft deleted, the group messaging data (e.g., data record) associated with the group chat conversation is not deleted. Accordingly, the user can still access the group chat conversation, draft and transmit new messages as part of the group chat conversation and receive messages as part of the group chat conversation. If a new message is sent or received as part of a group message conversation, the group messaging data associated with the group chat conversation can be modified back to indicate that the group chat conversation is no longer soft deleted. For example, the data record associated with the group chat conversation can be modified to remove any flag or mark indicating that the group chat conversation has been soft deleted. Hence, the group chat conversation would again appear in a listing of recommended group chat conversations and/or search results. 
       FIG. 3  is a flowchart showing an example method for the soft deletion of group chat conversations, according to some example embodiments. The method  300  may be embodied in computer readable instructions for execution by one or more processors such that the operations of the method  300  may be performed in part or in whole by the group messaging system  160 ; accordingly, the method  300  is described below by way of example with reference thereto. However, it shall be appreciated that at least some of the operations of the method  300  may be deployed on various other hardware configurations and the method  300  is not intended to be limited to the group messaging system  160 . 
     At operation  302 , the suggestion module  206  presents a listing of suggested chat conversations in response to receiving message initiation input. The listing of suggested chat conversations includes at least a first group chat conversation in which the user is a participant. In some embodiments, the message initiation input is caused by the user selecting to create a new chat conversation. Alternatively, in some embodiments the message initiation input is caused by the user drafting a new message. 
     To present the listing of suggested chat conversations, the suggestion module  206  can access group messaging data associated with the user and/or the client device. The group messaging data can include data records for group chat conversations in which the user is a participant. The suggestion module  206  can utilize the group messaging data to provide the user with the listing of suggested chat conversations. The listing of suggested chat conversations can include each chat conversation in which the user is a participant or, alternatively, a subset of the chat conversations. For example, the listing of suggested chat conversations can include chat conversations that the user participates in most frequently, the chat conversations that includes the most messages, etc. 
     At operation  304 , the soft deletion module  210  subsequently determines that the first group chat conversation has remained inactive for a threshold period of time. The soft deletion module  210  can gather a most recent timestamp value associated with the first group chat conversation to determine a period of time that the first group chat conversation has remained inactive. The soft deletion module  210  can then compare the period of time that the first group chat conversation has remained inactive to the threshold period of time. 
     At operation  306 , the soft deletion module  210  executes a soft deletion of the first group chat in response to determining that the first group chat has remained inactive for the threshold period of time. The soft deletion can include removing the first group chat conversation from the listing of suggested chat conversations. Accordingly, once the first group chat conversation has been soft deleted, it will not be presented as a suggested group chat conversation to the user. 
     The first group chat will remain accessible to the user in a chat feed of the user. The chat feed of the user includes a listing of chat conversations in which the user is a participant. For example the listing of chat conversations can be ordered in the chat feed based on time stamp values associated with each chat conversation in the listing of chat conversations. The user can use the chat feed to access the first group chat conversation after the first group conversation has been deleted. 
       FIG. 4  is a flowchart showing an example method for executing the soft deletion of a group chat conversation, according to some example embodiments. The method  400  may be embodied in computer readable instructions for execution by one or more processors such that the operations of the method  400  may be performed in part or in whole by the group messaging system  160 ; accordingly, the method  400  is described below by way of example with reference thereto. However, it shall be appreciated that at least some of the operations of the method  400  may be deployed on various other hardware configurations and the method  400  is not intended to be limited to the group messaging system  160 . 
     At operation  402 , the soft deletion module  210  accesses a data record for the group chat conversation. The soft deletion module  210  can access the data record from the databases  134  or from data stored by the client device  110 . The data record can include data associated with the group chat conversations, such as timestamp data, messages, assigned group chat conversation name, group participants, etc. 
     At operation  404 , the soft deletion module  210  determines whether the group chat conversation has been assigned a group chat conversation name. For example, the soft deletion module  210  can determine whether the group chat conversation has been assigned a group chat conversation names based on the data record for the group chat conversation. 
     At operation  406 , the soft deletion module  210  marks the data record as having been soft deleted based on whether the group chat conversation has been assigned a group chat conversation name. For example, if the group chat conversation has not been assigned a group chat conversation name, the soft deletion module  210  can mark the data record to indicate that the group chat conversation has been soft deleted and should not be included in a listing of suggested group chat conversations or search results. Alternatively, if the group chat conversation has been assigned a group chat conversation name, the soft deletion module  210  can mark the data record to indicate that the group chat conversation has been soft deleted and should not be included in a listing of suggested group chat conversations, however should remain in search results. 
       FIG. 5  is a flowchart showing an example method for presenting a listing of suggested group chat conversations, according to some example embodiments. The method  500  may be embodied in computer readable instructions for execution by one or more processors such that the operations of the method  500  may be performed in part or in whole by the group messaging system  160 ; accordingly, the method  500  is described below by way of example with reference thereto. However, it shall be appreciated that at least some of the operations of the method  500  may be deployed on various other hardware configurations and the method  500  is not intended to be limited to the group messaging system  160 . 
     At operation  502 , the suggestion module  206  receives a message initiation input. In some embodiments, the message initiation input is caused by the user selecting to create a new chat conversation. Alternatively, in some embodiments the message initiation input is caused by the user drafting a new message. 
     At operation  504 , the suggestion module  206  accesses data records associated with the user. The suggestion module  206  can access the data records from the databases  134  or from data stored by the client device  110 . The data records can include data associated with group chat conversations in which the user is a participant, such as timestamp data, messages, assigned group chat conversation names, group participants, etc. 
     At operation  506 , the suggestion module  206  filters out data records marked as having been soft deleted. 
     At operation  508 , the suggestion module  206  presents a listing of recommended group chat conversations based on the filtered data records. Accordingly, the listing of recommended group chat conversations will not include group chat conversations that have been soft deleted. 
     Software Architecture 
       FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating an example software architecture  606 , which may be used in conjunction with various hardware architectures herein described.  FIG. 6  is a non-limiting example of a software architecture and it will be appreciated that many other architectures may be implemented to facilitate the functionality described herein. The software architecture  606  may execute on hardware such as machine  700  of  FIG. 7  that includes, among other things, processors  704 , memory  714 , and I/O components  718 . A representative hardware layer  652  is illustrated and can represent, for example, the machine  700  of  FIG. 7 . The representative hardware layer  652  includes a processing unit  654  having associated executable instructions  604 . Executable instructions  604  represent the executable instructions of the software architecture  606 , including implementation of the methods, components and so forth described herein. The hardware layer  652  also includes memory and/or storage modules memory/storage  656 , which also have executable instructions  604 . The hardware layer  652  may also comprise other hardware  658 . 
     In the example architecture of  FIG. 6 , the software architecture  606  may be conceptualized as a stack of layers where each layer provides particular functionality. For example, the software architecture  606  may include layers such as an operating system  602 , libraries  620 , applications  616  and a presentation layer  614 . Operationally, the applications  616  and/or other components within the layers may invoke application programming interface (API) API calls  608  through the software stack and receive a response as in response to the API calls  608 . The layers illustrated are representative in nature and not all software architectures have all layers. For example, some mobile or special purpose operating systems may not provide a frameworks/middleware  618 , while others may provide such a layer. Other software architectures may include additional or different layers. 
     The operating system  602  may manage hardware resources and provide common services. The operating system  602  may include, for example, a kernel  622 , services  624  and drivers  626 . The kernel  622  may act as an abstraction layer between the hardware and the other software layers. For example, the kernel  622  may be responsible for memory management, processor management (e.g., scheduling), component management, networking, security settings, and so on. The services  624  may provide other common services for the other software layers. The drivers  626  are responsible for controlling or interfacing with the underlying hardware. For instance, the drivers  626  include display drivers, camera drivers, Bluetooth® drivers, flash memory drivers, serial communication drivers (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB) drivers), Wi-Fi® drivers, audio drivers, power management drivers, and so forth depending on the hardware configuration. 
     The libraries  620  provide a common infrastructure that is used by the applications  616  and/or other components and/or layers. The libraries  620  provide functionality that allows other software components to perform tasks in an easier fashion than to interface directly with the underlying operating system  602  functionality (e.g., kernel  622 , services  624  and/or drivers  626 ). The libraries  620  may include system libraries  644  (e.g., C standard library) that may provide functions such as memory allocation functions, string manipulation functions, mathematical functions, and the like. In addition, the libraries  620  may include API libraries  646  such as media libraries (e.g., libraries to support presentation and manipulation of various media format such as MPREG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG), graphics libraries (e.g., an OpenGL framework that may be used to render 2D and 3D in a graphic content on a display), database libraries (e.g., SQLite that may provide various relational database functions), web libraries (e.g., WebKit that may provide web browsing functionality), and the like. The libraries  620  may also include a wide variety of other libraries  648  to provide many other APIs to the applications  616  and other software components/modules. 
     The frameworks/middleware  618  (also sometimes referred to as middleware) provide a higher-level common infrastructure that may be used by the applications  616  and/or other software components/modules. For example, the frameworks/middleware  618  may provide various graphic user interface (GUI) functions, high-level resource management, high-level location services, and so forth. The frameworks/middleware  618  may provide a broad spectrum of other APIs that may be utilized by the applications  616  and/or other software components/modules, some of which may be specific to a particular operating system  602  or platform. 
     The applications  616  include built-in applications  638  and/or third-party applications  640 . Examples of representative built-in applications  638  may include, but are not limited to, a contacts application, a browser application, a book reader application, a location application, a media application, a messaging application, and/or a game application. Third-party applications  640  may include an application developed using the ANDROID™ or IOS™ software development kit (SDK) by an entity other than the vendor of the particular platform, and may be mobile software running on a mobile operating system such as IOS™, ANDROID™, WINDOWS® Phone, or other mobile operating systems. The third-party applications  640  may invoke the API calls  608  provided by the mobile operating system (such as operating system  602 ) to facilitate functionality described herein. 
     The applications  616  may use built in operating system functions (e.g., kernel  622 , services  624  and/or drivers  626 ), libraries  620 , and frameworks/middleware  618  to create user interfaces to interact with users of the system. Alternatively, or additionally, in some systems interactions with a user may occur through a presentation layer, such as presentation layer  614 . In these systems, the application/component “logic” can be separated from the aspects of the application/component that interact with a user. 
       FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating components of a machine  700 , according to some example embodiments, able to read instructions from a machine-readable medium (e.g., a machine-readable storage medium) and perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein. Specifically,  FIG. 7  shows a diagrammatic representation of the machine  700  in the example form of a computer system, within which instructions  710  (e.g., software, a program, an application, an applet, an app, or other executable code) for causing the machine  700  to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein may be executed. As such, the instructions  710  may be used to implement modules or components described herein. The instructions  710  transform the general, non-programmed machine  700  into a particular machine  700  programmed to carry out the described and illustrated functions in the manner described. In alternative embodiments, the machine  700  operates as a standalone device or may be coupled (e.g., networked) to other machines. In a networked deployment, the machine  700  may operate in the capacity of a server machine or a client machine in a server-client network environment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed) network environment. The machine  700  may comprise, but not be limited to, a server computer, a client computer, a personal computer (PC), a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a netbook, a set-top box (STB), a personal digital assistant (PDA), an entertainment media system, a cellular telephone, a smart phone, a mobile device, a wearable device (e.g., a smart watch), a smart home device (e.g., a smart appliance), other smart devices, a web appliance, a network router, a network switch, a network bridge, or any machine capable of executing the instructions  710 , sequentially or otherwise, that specify actions to be taken by machine  700 . Further, while only a single machine  700  is illustrated, the term “machine” shall also be taken to include a collection of machines that individually or jointly execute the instructions  710  to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein. 
     The machine  700  may include processors  704 , memory memory/storage  706 , and I/O components  718 , which may be configured to communicate with each other such as via a bus  702 . The memory/storage  706  may include a memory  714 , such as a main memory, or other memory storage, and a storage unit  716 , both accessible to the processors  704  such as via the bus  702 . The storage unit  716  and memory  714  store the instructions  710  embodying any one or more of the methodologies or functions described herein. The instructions  710  may also reside, completely or partially, within the memory  714 , within the storage unit  716 , within at least one of the processors  704  (e.g., within the processor&#39;s cache memory), or any suitable combination thereof, during execution thereof by the machine  700 . Accordingly, the memory  714 , the storage unit  716 , and the memory of processors  704  are examples of machine-readable media. 
     The I/O components  718  may include a wide variety of components to receive input, provide output, produce output, transmit information, exchange information, capture measurements, and so on. The specific I/O components  718  that are included in a particular machine  700  will depend on the type of machine. For example, portable machines such as mobile phones will likely include a touch input device or other such input mechanisms, while a headless server machine will likely not include such a touch input device. It will be appreciated that the I/O components  718  may include many other components that are not shown in  FIG. 7 . The/O components  718  are grouped according to functionality merely for simplifying the following discussion and the grouping is in no way limiting. In various example embodiments, the I/O components  718  may include output components  726  and input components  728 . The output components  726  may include visual components (e.g., a display such as a plasma display panel (PDP), a light emitting diode (LED) display, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a projector, or a cathode ray tube (CRT)), acoustic components (e.g., speakers), haptic components (e.g., a vibratory motor, resistance mechanisms), other signal generators, and so forth. The input components  728  may include alphanumeric input components (e.g., a keyboard, a touch screen configured to receive alphanumeric input, a photo-optical keyboard, or other alphanumeric input components), point based input components (e.g., a mouse, a touchpad, a trackball, a joystick, a motion sensor, or other pointing instrument), tactile input components (e.g., a physical button, a touch screen that provides location and/or force of touches or touch gestures, or other tactile input components), audio input components (e.g., a microphone), and the like. 
     In further example embodiments, the/O components  718  may include biometric components  730 , motion components  734 , environmental environment components  736 , or position components  738  among a wide array of other components. For example, the biometric components  730  may include components to detect expressions (e.g., hand expressions, facial expressions, vocal expressions, body gestures, or eye tracking), measure biosignals (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, perspiration, or brain waves), identify a person (e.g., voice identification, retinal identification, facial identification, fingerprint identification, or electroencephalogram based identification), and the like. The motion components  734  may include acceleration sensor components (e.g., accelerometer), gravitation sensor components, rotation sensor components (e.g., gyroscope), and so forth. The environment components  736  may include, for example, illumination sensor components (e.g., photometer), temperature sensor components (e.g., one or more thermometer that detect ambient temperature), humidity sensor components, pressure sensor components (e.g., barometer), acoustic sensor components (e.g., one or more microphones that detect background noise), proximity sensor components (e.g., infrared sensors that detect nearby objects), gas sensors (e.g., gas detection sensors to detection concentrations of hazardous gases for safety or to measure pollutants in the atmosphere), or other components that may provide indications, measurements, or signals corresponding to a surrounding physical environment. The position components  738  may include location sensor components (e.g., a Global Position system (GPS) receiver component), altitude sensor components (e.g., altimeters or barometers that detect air pressure from which altitude may be derived), orientation sensor components (e.g., magnetometers), and the like. 
     Communication may be implemented using a wide variety of technologies. The I/O components  718  may include communication components  740  operable to couple the machine  700  to a network  732  or devices  720  via coupling  722  and coupling  724  respectively. For example, the communication components  740  may include a network interface component or other suitable device to interface with the network  732 . In further examples, communication components  740  may include wired communication components, wireless communication components, cellular communication components, Near Field Communication (NFC) components, Bluetooth® components (e.g., Bluetooth® Low Energy), Wi-Fi® components, and other communication components to provide communication via other modalities. The devices  720  may be another machine or any of a wide variety of peripheral devices (e.g., a peripheral device coupled via a Universal Serial Bus (USB)). 
     Moreover, the communication components  740  may detect identifiers or include components operable to detect identifiers. For example, the communication components  740  may include Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag reader components, NFC smart tag detection components, optical reader components (e.g., an optical sensor to detect one-dimensional bar codes such as Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code, multi-dimensional bar codes such as Quick Response (QR) code, Aztec code, Data Matrix, Dataglyph, MaxiCode, PDF417, Ultra Code, UCC RSS-2D bar code, and other optical codes), or acoustic detection components (e.g., microphones to identify tagged audio signals). In addition, a variety of information may be derived via the communication components  740 , such as, location via Internet Protocol (IP) geo-location, location via Wi-Fi® signal triangulation, location via detecting a NFC beacon signal that may indicate a particular location, and so forth.