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US 9,432,419 B2Granted
Facilitating user communication about a common topic
AssigneeMimecast North America, Inc.
InventorNathaniel S. Borenstein
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Abstract
Among other things, we describe identifying, in first data available to a first user and not available to a second user, and in second data available to the second user not available to the first user, data pertaining to a common topic, and enabling the first user and the second user to communicate about the common topic based on the identification.
Claims51
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- identifying, in first data available to a first user and not available to a second user, and in second data available to the second user and not available to the first user, data pertaining to a common topic;
- determining, based on the identification, whether the first user and the second user communicate about the common topic;
- determining that the first user and the second user do not communicate about the common topic and do communicate about another topic different than the common topic;
- sending, based on the identification, a communication to the first user that a) indicates that particular data not available to the first user and pertaining to the common topic is accessible upon request and b) identifies the common topic;
- receiving, from the first user and in response to the communication, a request to access the particular data not available to the first user and pertaining to the common topic;
- and
- enabling the first user and the second user to communicate about the common topic based on the identification and based on determining that the first user and the second user do not communicate about the common topic.
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A computer readable storage device storing a computer program product comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer system to carry out operations comprising:
- identifying, in first data available to a first user and not available to a second user, and in second data available to the second user and not available to the first user, data pertaining to a common topic;
- determining, based on the identification, whether the first user and the second user communicate about the common topic;
- determining that the first user and the second user do not communicate about the common topic and do communicate about another topic different than the common topic;
- sending, based on the identification, a communication to the first user that a) indicates that particular data not available to the first user and pertaining to the common topic is accessible upon request and b) identifies the common topic;
- receiving, from the first user and in response to the communication, a request to access the particular data not available to the first user and pertaining to the common topic;
- and
- enabling the first user and the second user to communicate about the common topic based on the identification and based on determining that the first user and the second user do not communicate about the common topic.
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A system comprising:
- a database storing first data available to a first user and not available to a second user, and storing second data available to the second user and not available to the first user
- an analysis engine configured to:
- identify, in the first data and in the second data, data pertaining to a common topic;
- determine, based on the identification, whether the first user and the second user communicate about the common topic;
- and
- determine that the first user and the second user do not communicate about the common topic and do communicate about another topic different than the common topic;
- and
- a communication engine to:
- send, based on the identification, a communication to the first user that a) indicates that particular data not available to the first user and pertaining to the common topic is accessible upon request and b) identifies the common topic;
- receive, from the first user and in response to the communication, a request to access the particular data not available to the first user and pertaining to the common topic;
- and
- enable the first user and the second user to communicate about the common topic based on the identification and based on the determination that the first user and the second user do not communicate about the common topic.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.