Jun Xu

US Patent:

20210392097, Dec 16, 2021

Filed:

Feb 23, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/249191

Inventors:

- Santa Monica CA, US
John Jensen - Santa Monica CA, US
Michel Khristo - Santa Monica CA, US
Sivakumar Loganathan - San Francisco CA, US
Patrick Mandia - Venice CA, US
Jun Xu - Marina del Rey CA, US
Austin Yeakel - Santa Monica CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/58
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

A bidirectional bridge for web view is a technical solution to an engineering challenge associated with presenting external content in a web view. A bidirectional bridge for web view facilitates bidirectional communication between the web view included in the messaging client and the messaging client itself. In response to a user action requesting a web page to be loaded in the web view, the bidirectional bridge initiates a request to messaging client to retrieve external content, receives the requested external content from the messaging client, and displays an image representing the external content in the web view as part of the web page.