US 2014/0006525 A1Published application

Sharing of messaging information

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsMartin Brandt Freund, Momchil Filev

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Abstract

An example method includes receiving, by a first computing device using a text messaging service that allows an exchange of textual messages, a first textual communication sent from a second computing device, where the first computing device has a first unique identifier and the second computing device has a second unique identifier different from the first unique identifier. The method further includes sending, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, a second textual communication using the text messaging service, and combining, by the first computing device, the first textual communication and the second textual communication to form a text message thread. The method further includes sending, by the first computing device, the text message thread to a third computing device, where the third computing device has a third unique identifier that is different from both the first unique identifier and the second unique identifier.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, by a first computing device using one or more messaging services that allow an exchange of messages, a first communication sent from a second computing device, wherein the one or more messaging services comprise a text messaging service and multimedia message service (MMS), and wherein the first communication is selected from at least one of a text message processed by the text messaging service and a multimedia message processed by the multimedia message service (MMS);
sending, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, a second communication using the one or more messaging services, wherein the second communication is processed by at least one of the text messaging service and the MMS;
receiving, by the first computing device, a user input that indicates a desired length of a combined message thread;
combining, by the first computing device, the first communication and the second communication to form the combined message thread, wherein the combined message thread does not exceed the desired length indicated in the user input;
sending, by the first computing device, the combined message thread to a third computing device;
receiving, by the first computing device, a third communication sent from the third computing device;
adding, by the first computing device, the third communication to the combined message thread;
and
sending, by the first computing device, subsequent outgoing communications of the combined message thread both to the second computing device and to the third computing device.

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A computing device comprising:

a communication interface;
and
one or more programmable processors configured to:
receive, via the communication interface using one or more messaging services that allow an exchange of messages, a first communication sent from a second computing device, wherein the one or more messaging services comprise a text messaging service and multimedia message service (MMS), and wherein the first communication is selected from at least one of a text message processed by the text messaging service and a multimedia message processed by the multimedia message service (MMS);
send, via the communication interface, a second communication to the second computing device, wherein the second communication is processed by at least one of the text messaging service and the MMS;
receive a user input that indicates a desired length of a combined message thread;
combine the first communication and the second communication to form the combined message thread, wherein the combined message thread does not exceed the desired length indicated in the user input;
send, via the communication interface, the combined message thread to a third computing device;
receive, via the communication interface, a third communication sent from the third computing device;
add the third communication to the combined message thread;
and
send, via the communication interface, subsequent outgoing communications of the combined message thread both to the second computing device and to the third computing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.