Cross-device integration system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10243891-B2
Application number	US-201414460016-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2014
Priority date	Aug 14, 2014
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A cross-device messaging integration capability is disclosed, which allows a user using a first device to indicate, using a first user computing device, an intent to perform one or more messaging actions at one or more second user computing device(s). The first and second devices may be different devices. The user may receive a reminder or other notification of the user's intent at the second device(s).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by at least one computing device and via a user interface of a first computing device, a selection, by a user, of a message displayed in a listing of messages in the user interface;
providing, by the at least one computing device and in response to the user's selection of the message, the user interface to the first computing device, the user interface comprising, in place of the selected message's display in the user interface, user-selectable indicia to indicate a user's intent to perform a messaging action using at least one other second computing device, the user-selectable indicia comprising a first indicium selectable by the user to indicate, upon selection, the user's intent to defer the messaging action corresponding to the first indicium to a later time and a second indicium selectable by the user to indicate the user's intent to perform the messaging action presently without deferring to a later time;
receiving, by the at least one computing device and via the second user-selectable indicium of the user interface, a user request, from the first computing device, the user request received from the first computing device comprising information indicating the user's intent to perform, using the at least one other second computing device, the messaging action in connection with the selected message, the user's intent, indicated upon selection of the second indicium and received from the first device with the user request, indicating that performance of the messaging action using the at least one second computing device is to be deferred to a later time;
generating, by the at least one computing device and in response to the received request, a messaging event, the messaging event corresponding to the messaging action and comprising information identifying the at least one second computing device different than the first computing device usable to perform the messaging action;
generating, by the at least one computing device, at least one notification of the event for transmission to the at least one second computing device, the at least one notification comprising information about the messaging action; and
transmitting, by the at least one computing device, the at least one notification of the event to the at least one second computing device, event notification transmission comprising making a determination, using the user's intent, indicated upon the user's selection of the second indicium and received with the user request, whether or not to defer the event notification transmission and making the event notification transmission in accordance with the determination.

2. The method of claim 1 , the first computing device comprising a mobile computing device and the at least one second computing device comprising a desktop computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , the first computing device comprising a desktop computing device and the at least one second computing device comprising a mobile computing device.

4. The method of claim 1 , the user request is received from a first messaging application and the at least one action is to be performed using a second messaging application.

5. The method of claim 1 , the generating further comprising:
generating the at least one notification of the event in accordance with the determination made using the user's intent received with the user request.

6. The method of claim 1 , the user request is received from a messaging application open at the first computing device, and the at least one notification of the event is generated for transmission to a second computing device of the at least one second computing device based on an indication that a messaging application is also open at the second computing device.

7. The method of claim 1 , the at least one notification's information about the messaging action comprising search criteria and instructions to perform a search of at least one messaging folder using the search criteria.

8. The method of claim 1 , the at least one notification's information comprising information to be displayed to the user as a reminder of the user's intent to perform the corresponding messaging action.

9. The method of claim 1 , the messaging action corresponding to the first indicium comprises a message read action and the at least one notification's information identifying the message and comprising instructions to open the identified message for the user.

10. The method of claim 1 , the messaging action corresponding to the first indicium comprises a message reply action and the at least one notification's information identifying the message and comprising instructions to open the identified message for the user.

11. The method of claim 1 , the messaging action corresponding to the first indicium comprises a compose message action and the at least one notification's information comprising instructions to open a new message for the user.

12. The method of claim 1 , the second indicium selectable by the user to indicate the user's intent to perform the messaging action presently, at the at least one second computing device, without deferring to a later time.

13. A method comprising:
receiving input via a user interface and from a first computing device, the user interface comprising a number of user-selectable options in connection with a selected message, the number of user-selectable options comprising a first option selectable by the user to indicate, upon selection, the user's intent to defer performance of a messaging action, in connection with the selected message, to a later time and on a second device and a second option selectable by the user to indicate, upon selection, the user's intent to perform the messaging action without deferring to a later time, the received input indicating the user's selection of the second option; and
causing, by the first computing device and in response to the received input, a messaging event to be generated, the messaging event corresponding to the messaging action and comprising information identifying at least one second computing device different than the first computing device and identifying the messaging action, the messaging event is to be transmitted to the at least one second computing device in accordance with a determination made using the user's intent, indicated upon selection of the first option by the user, whether or not to defer event notification.

14. The method of claim 13 , causing the messaging event to be generated further comprising:
transmitting, by the first computing device to at least one server computing device, a request to generate the messaging event, the request comprising information identifying the user and information for use in identifying the messaging action and the at least one second computing device.

15. The method of claim 13 , the first computing device comprising a mobile computing device and the at least one second computing device comprising a desktop computing device.

16. The method of claim 13 , the first computing device comprising a desktop computing device and the at least one second computing device comprising a mobile computing device.

17. The method of claim 13 , the user input comprising an indication whether or not the user's intent is to defer performance of the messaging action, the indication determining a timing of at least one reminder to notify the user at the at least one second computing device of the user's intent to perform the messaging action.

18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving, at the first

Assignees

• Oath Inc

Inventors

• Rao Supreeth
• Vasudevan Sudharsan
• Kamath Seema
• Patel Swapnil
• Shrivastava Utkarsh
• Bhagwan Varun
• Kurapati Kaushal
• Mason Patrick

Classifications

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• H04L51/22

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06Q10/00

  Administration; Management · CPC title

• H04L51/04 Primary

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title

• H04L51/42 Primary

  Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes · CPC title