Generating collaborative documents for virtual meetings in a communication platform

A system, implemented at least in part by one or more computing devices of a communication platform, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
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• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request to create a virtual meeting around a communication shared within a first message thread of a virtual space, wherein the communication is a root object of the first message thread;
• determining contextual data associated with the communication, the contextual data indicating at least a topic to be discussed during the virtual meeting, wherein determining the contextual data comprises analyzing the first message thread to identify thread-specific data associated with the root object;
• identifying, by the one or more computing devices of the communication platform and based at least in part on the contextual data, one or more objects previously shared in the virtual space, wherein the one or more objects are associated with one or more users of the virtual space, wherein the one or more objects are specifically related to the root object as determined from the contextual data;
• generating a document based at least in part on the request to create the virtual meeting, wherein the document is associated with a second message thread that is prepopulated with the root object and the one or more objects previously shared in the virtual space, wherein the document is a collaborative document that is accessible to members of the virtual space from within the virtual space, and wherein the second message thread is a distinct data structure from the first message thread;
• automatically populating the document with data that is specifically related to the virtual meeting and that was previously included within the virtual space, wherein the data includes communications previously exchanged within the virtual space and objects related to the virtual meeting, wherein functionalities of the virtual space are imbued in the document such that the document facilitates interactions between participants of the virtual meeting during the virtual meeting, wherein the functionalities imbued in the document include at least messaging functionality, file sharing functionality, and presence-indication functionality that collectively enable the document to operate as a different virtual space;
• receiving an indication to initiate the virtual meeting;
• in response to receiving the indication to initiate the virtual meeting, causing display of the document in a user interface of the communication platform, the document comprising the root object, the one or more objects previously shared in the virtual space, and the data;
• receiving, during the virtual meeting and within the second message thread, a plurality of communications, wherein a portion of the plurality of communications comprise one or more replies to the root object;
• identifying metadata associated with the portion of the plurality of communications, wherein the metadata includes at least a sending user identifier, a message identifier, and a timestamp associated with the portion of the plurality of communications;
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• embedding, after the virtual meeting has been terminated, the metadata associated with the portion of the plurality of communications with the root object such that the one or more replies to the root object received during the virtual meeting persist within the first message thread, thereby updating the first message thread in the virtual space to reflect the plurality of communications that occurred within the second message thread of the document during the virtual meeting without requiring separate user action to transfer the plurality of communications.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request to create a virtual meeting around a communication shared within a first message thread of a virtual space, wherein the communication is a root object of the first message thread;
• determining, by a communication system, contextual data associated with the communication, the contextual data indicating at least a topic to be discussed during the virtual meeting, wherein determining the contextual data comprises analyzing the first message thread to identify thread-specific data associated with the root object;
• identifying, by the communication system and based at least in part on the contextual data, one or more objects previously shared in the virtual space, wherein the one or more objects are associated with one or more users of the virtual space, wherein the one or more objects are specifically related to the root object as determined from the contextual data;
• generating a document based at least in part on the request to create the virtual meeting, wherein the document is associated with a second message thread that is prepopulated with the root object and the one or more objects previously shared in the virtual space, wherein the document is a collaborative document that is accessible to members of the virtual space from within the virtual space, and wherein the second message thread is a distinct data structure from the first message thread;
• automatically populating the document with data that is specifically related to the virtual meeting and that was previously included within the virtual space, wherein the data includes communications previously exchanged within the virtual space and objects related to the virtual meeting, wherein functionalities of the virtual space are imbued in the document such that the document facilitates interactions between participants of the virtual meeting during the virtual meeting, wherein the functionalities imbued in the document include at least messaging functionality, file sharing functionality, and presence-indication functionality that collectively enable the document to operate as a different virtual space;
• receiving an indication to initiate the virtual meeting;
• in response to receiving the indication to initiate the virtual meeting, causing display of the document in a user interface of the communication system, the document comprising the one or more objects previously shared in the virtual space and the data;
• receiving, during the virtual meeting and within the second message thread, a plurality of communications, wherein a portion of the plurality of communications comprise one or more replies to the root object;
• identifying metadata associated with the portion of the plurality of communications, wherein the metadata includes at least a sending user identifier, a message identifier, and a timestamp associated with the portion of the plurality of communications;
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• embedding, after the virtual meeting has been terminated, the metadata associated with the portion of the plurality of communications with the root object such that the one or more replies to the root object received during the virtual meeting persist within the first message thread, thereby updating the first message thread in the virtual space to reflect the plurality of communications that occurred within the second message thread of the document during the virtual meeting without requiring separate user action to transfer the plurality of communications.