US 10,320,737 B2 · Device and method for temporal correlation of communication types

Abstract

A device and method temporally correlates communication types. The method performed by a first electronic device includes receiving a first message in a first communication format from a second electronic device, the first message having first metadata associated therewith. The method includes determining respective second metadata associated with existing conversations. The existing conversations each include a plurality of existing messages in at least one second communication format. The existing messages are a thread in a temporal order. The existing conversations are shown in a single, respective user interface. The method includes determining a correlation between the first message and one of the existing conversations based upon the first and second metadata. The method includes inserting the first message in the existing messages of the one of the existing conversations that maintains the temporal order.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, by a first electronic device, a first message in a first communication format from a second electronic device, the first message having first metadata associated therewith;
determining, by the first electronic device, respective second metadata associated with existing conversations, the existing conversations each including a plurality of existing messages in at least one second communication format, the existing messages being a thread in a temporal order, the existing conversations being shown in a single, respective user interface of the first electronic device;
determining, by the first electronic device, a correlation between the first message and one of the existing conversations based upon the first and second metadata;
and
inserting, by the first electronic device, the first message in between the existing messages of the one of the existing conversations shown in the user interface that maintains the temporal order.

2 more elements

An electronic device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to establish a connection to a network;
and
a processor configured to receive a first message in a first communication format from a second electronic device, the first message having first metadata associated therewith, the processor configured to determine respective second metadata associated with existing conversations, the existing conversations each including a plurality of existing messages in at least one second communication format, the existing messages being a thread in a temporal order, the existing conversations being shown in a single, respective user interface of the first electronic device, the processor configured to determine a correlation between the first message and one of the existing conversations based upon the first and second metadata, the processor configured to insert the first message in between the existing messages of the one of the existing conversations shown in the user interface that maintains the temporal order.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Device and method for temporal correlation of communication types

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Device and method for temporal correlation of communication types

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Abstract

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