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AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsTodd Jackson, Jonathan D. Perlow, Edward S. Ho, Andrew A. Bunner, Henry Y. Wong, David M. Cohen, Bruce J. Dibello, John Pongsajapan, Braden F. Kowitz, Patrick A. Barry, Michael H. Leggett
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method can include accessing a micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread and delivering the real-time copy of the micro-blog thread for display in an e-mail message.
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A computer-implemented method of delivering content from a micro-blog to an e-mail message in a user's e-mail, the method comprising:
- a client system providing an e-mail message associated with a thread in a micro-blog to a user's e-mail, the e-mail message including a first set of micro-blog entries;
- receiving a request from the user to view the e-mail message associated with the thread in the micro-blog;
- in response to the request, accessing the micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread;
- updating the body of the e-mail message based on the accessed real-time copy of the micro-blog thread to include a second set of micro-blog entries that includes updates to the micro-blog thread inline with one or more micro-blog entries included in the first set of micro-blog entries;
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- updating, in real time, micro-blog entries rendered in the e-mail based on updates to the thread in the micro-biog.
An electronic system for delivering content from a micro-blog to an e-mail message in a user's e-mail, comprising:
- a memory;
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- a processor configured to:
- provide an e-mail message associated with a thread in a micro-blog to a user's e-mail, the e-mail message including a first set of micro-blog entries;
- receive a request from the user to view the e-mail message associated with the thread in the micro-blog;
- in response to the request, access the micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread;
- updating the body of the e-mail message based on the accessed real-time copy of the micro-blog thread to include a second set of micro-blog entries that includes updates to the micro-blog thread inline with one or more micro-blog entries included in the first set of micro-blog entries;
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- updating, in real time, micro-blog entries rendered in the e-mail based on updates to the thread in the micro-blog.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- providing an e-mail message associated with a thread in a micro-blog to a user's e-mail, the e-mail message including a micro-blog entry the email including two different e-mail parts including a first part configured to display static content and a second part configured to render interactive content, the e-mail message including a first set of micro-blog entries;
- generating a snippet view of the e-mail message based on the first part;
- receiving a request from the user to view the e-mail message associated with the thread in the micro-blog;
- in response to the request, accessing the micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread;
- updating the body of the e-mail message based on the accessed micro-blog to include a second set of micro-blog entries that includes updates to the micro-blog thread in line with one or more micro-blog entries included in the first set of micro-blog entries;
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- updating, in real time, micro-blog entries rendered in the e-mail based on updates to the thread in the micro-biog.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.