Content management and delivery for a communication channel
AssigneeSubflow, Inc.
InventorsMitchell Lawson, William Golden
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Abstract
A method for managing and delivering content associated with a communication channel is disclosed. The method may include uploading multiple pieces of content to a server. The method may further include sending messages to corresponding subscribers to the communication channel. The messages may include links to a given piece of content uploaded to the server. The method may also include monitoring access to a particular piece of content uploaded to the server and, in response to determining that the particular piece of content has been accessed, sending a follow-up message to a particular subscriber who accessed the particular piece of content.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- uploading a plurality of pieces of content to a server, wherein the plurality of pieces of content are associated with a communication channel;
- sending a plurality of messages to corresponding ones of a plurality of subscribers to the communication channel, wherein the plurality of messages includes a link to a given piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content;
- monitoring access to a particular piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content;
- in response to determining the particular piece of content has been accessed, sending, to a particular subscriber of the plurality of subscribers, an invitation to initiate one-on-one communication;
- and
- in response to receiving an affirmative response to the invitation from the particular subscriber, initiating a tele-conference between the particular subscriber and a creator of the particular piece of content.
A non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium having program instructions stored therein that, in response to execution by a computer system, causes the computer system to perform operations including:
- uploading a plurality of pieces of content to a server, wherein the plurality of pieces of content are associated with a communication channel;
- sending a plurality of messages to corresponding ones of a plurality of subscribers to the communication channel, wherein the plurality of messages includes a link to a given piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content;
- monitoring access to a particular piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content;
- in response to determining the particular piece of content has been accessed, sending, to a particular subscriber of the plurality of subscribers, an invitation to initiate one-on-one communication;
- and
- in response to receiving an affirmative response to the invitation from the particular subscriber, initiating a tele-conference between the particular subscriber and a creator of the particular piece of content.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more memory circuits configured to store instructions;
- and
- one or more processors configured to receive instructions from the one or more memory circuits and execute the instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- uploading a plurality of pieces of content to a server, wherein the plurality of pieces of content are associated with a communication channel;
- sending a plurality of messages to corresponding ones of a plurality of subscribers to the communication channel, wherein the plurality of messages include a link to a given piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content;
- monitoring access to a particular piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content;
- in response to determining the particular piece of content has been accessed, sending, to a particular subscriber of the plurality of subscribers, an invitation to initiate one-on-one communication;
- and
- in response to receiving an affirmative response to the invitation from the particular subscriber, initiating a tele-conference between the particular subscriber and a creator of the particular piece of content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.