US 10,706,060 B2Granted

Systems and methods for re-ranking displayed conversations

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsPaul T. Buchheit, Lauren M. Baptist, Bay-Wei W. Chang, Seth J. Golub, Jing Yee Lim, Sanjeev Singh, Russell R. Tuck, III

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Abstract

Systems and methods for storing a plurality of conversations are provided. Each such conversation has a corresponding conversation identifier and one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria. Information is sent to a remote computer identifying the conversations and providing sufficient information to rank them in accordance with a date/time value of a most recently received message of each conversation thereby causing a first conversation to be ordered before a second conversation. Subsequently, a first message that is deemed to belong to the second conversation is obtained and added to the second conversation. Information is resent to a remote computer identifying the plurality of conversations and providing sufficient information to rank the plurality of conversations in accordance with a date/time value of a most recently received message of each respective conversation thereby causing the first conversation to be ordered after the second conversation.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of searching conversations, comprising:

at a computing device having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors:
receiving a search query from a user;
in response to the search query:
analyzing, by the computing device, content of a plurality of electronic messages intended for the user in order to determine whether one or more of the plurality of electronic messages matches the search query;
in conjunction with analyzing content of the plurality of electronic messages, identifying a conversation in the plurality of electronic messages matching the search query, and wherein the matching conversation comprises two or more messages in the plurality of electronic messages;
and
providing, by the computing device, a user interface for an electronic messaging application, wherein the user interface includes a list of objects comprising a collapsed state of the matching conversation and at least one other electronic message or collapsed conversation, the collapsed state of the matching conversation comprising a snippet from the matching conversation;
and
responsive to user selection of the object representing the collapsed state of the matching conversation, replacing the collapsed state of the matching conversation with an expanded state of the matching conversation, and removing all other electronic messages and collapsed conversations in the list of objects from the user interface, the expanded state comprising content of the two or more messages in the matching conversation.

6 more elements

A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors;
memory;
and
one or more programs stored in the memory configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
receiving a search query from a user;
in response to the search query:
analyzing, by the computing device, content of a plurality of electronic messages intended for the user in order to determine whether one or more of the plurality of electronic messages matches the search query;
in conjunction with analyzing content of the plurality of electronic messages, identifying a conversation in the plurality of electronic messages matching the search query, and wherein the matching conversation comprises two or more messages in the plurality of electronic messages;
and
providing, by the computing device, a user interface for an electronic messaging application, wherein the user interface includes a list of objects comprising a collapsed state of the matching conversation and at least one other electronic message or collapsed conversation, the collapsed state of the matching conversation comprising a snippet from the matching conversation;
and
responsive to user selection of the object representing the collapsed state of the matching conversation, replacing the collapsed state of the matching conversation with an expanded state of the matching conversation, and removing all other electronic messages and collapsed conversations in the list of objects from the user interface, the expanded state comprising content of the two or more messages in the matching conversation.

9 more elements

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computing device having one or more processors and memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

receiving a search query from a user;
in response to the search query:
analyzing, by the computing device, content of a plurality of electronic messages intended for the user in order to determine whether one or more of the plurality of electronic messages matches the search query;
in conjunction with analyzing content of the plurality of electronic messages, identifying a conversation in the plurality of electronic messages matching the search query, and wherein the matching conversation comprises two or more messages in the plurality of electronic messages;
and
providing, by the computing device, a user interface for an electronic messaging application, wherein the user interface includes a list of objects comprising a collapsed state of the matching conversation and at least one other electronic message or collapsed conversation, the collapsed state of the matching conversation comprising a snippet from the matching conversation;
and
responsive to user selection of the object representing the collapsed state of the matching conversation, replacing the collapsed state of the matching conversation with an expanded state of the matching conversation, and removing all other electronic messages and collapsed conversations in the list of objects from the user interface, the expanded state comprising content of the two or more messages in the matching conversation.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/678,055Filed 15 Aug 2017 · continuation
Priority: 31 Mar 2004
Published: US 2018/0018376 A118 Jan 2018
Granted: 7 Jul 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 16/248
Querying: presentation of query results
G06F 16/24
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: querying
G06Q 10/107
Office automation; Time management: computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
H04L 51/216
Monitoring or handling of messages: handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads

Family

Application10/816,428Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Mar 2004
Application10/914,036Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Aug 2004
Application12/618,673Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Nov 2009
US 7,912,904 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 22 Mar 2011
Application14/055,566Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Oct 2013
US 8,583,747 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Nov 2013
US 2018/0018376 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Jan 2018
US 9,734,216 B2Parent of this continuation
Application10/914,036Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2005/0234910 A1Published application
US 2005/0262203 A1Published application
US 2010/0064017 A1Published application
US 2014/0046961 A1Published application
US 10,706,060 B2This patent

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