US 12,732,387 B2 · Bot permissions

Abstract

Permission control and management for messaging application bots is described. A method can include providing a messaging application, on a first computing device associated with a first user, to enable communication between the first user and another user, and detecting, at the messaging application, a user request. The method can also include programmatically determining that an action in response to the user request requires access to data associated with the first user, and causing a permission interface to be rendered in the messaging application, the permission interface enabling the first user to approve or prohibit access to the data associated with the first user. The method can include accessing the data associated with the first user and performing the action in response to the user request, upon receiving user input from the first user indicating approval of the access to the data associated with the first user.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a bot deployed within a messaging application, a prediction from a suggestion machine-learning model;
generating, by the bot, a suggestion to perform a specific action, the generation of the suggestion to perform the specific action based on the prediction from the suggestion machine-learning model;
receiving, by the bot, a request of a user to perform the specific action;
programmatically determining, by the bot, that the specific action requires access to user data associated with the user;
causing, by the bot, a permission interface to be rendered, the permission interface enabling the user to approve access to user data associated with the user;
receiving, by the bot, a user input indicating approval of the access to the user data associated with the user;
responsive to receiving the user input indicating approval of the access to the user data associated with the user, accessing, by the bot, the user data associated with the user;
and
responsive to accessing the user data associated with the user, performing the specific action.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, by a bot deployed within a messaging application, a prediction from a suggestion machine-learning model;
generating, by the bot, a suggestion to perform a specific action, the generation of the suggestion to perform the specific action based on the prediction from the suggestion machine-learning model;
receiving, by the bot, a request of a user to perform the specific action;
programmatically determining, by the bot, that the specific action requires access to user data associated with the user;
causing, by the bot, a permission interface to be rendered, the permission interface enabling the user to approve access to user data associated with the user;
receiving, by the bot, a user input indicating approval of the access to the user data associated with the first user;
responsive to receiving the user input indicating approval of the access to the user data associated with the user, accessing, by the bot, the user data associated with the user;
and
responsive to accessing the user data associated with the user, performing the specific action.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a bot deployed within a messaging application, a prediction from a suggestion machine-learning model;
generating, by the bot, a suggestion to perform a specific action, the generation of the suggestion to perform the specific action based on the prediction from the suggestion machine-learning model;
receiving, by the bot, a request of a user to perform the specific action;
programmatically determining, by the bot, that the specific action requires access to user data associated with the user;
causing, by the bot, a permission interface to be rendered, the permission interface enabling the user to approve access to user data associated with the user;
receiving, by the bot, a user input indicating approval of the access to the user data associated with the first user;
responsive to receiving the user input indicating approval of the access to the user data associated with the user, accessing, by the bot, the user data associated with the user;
and
responsive to accessing the user data associated with the user, performing the specific action.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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