Method, apparatus and computer program product for metadata search in a group based communication platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10630627-B2
Application number	US-201816010891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2018
Priority date	Jun 18, 2018
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

Method, apparatus and computer program product for querying a group-based communication platform are described herein. For example, the apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including program code. The at least one non-transitory memory and the program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least store a plurality of electronic messages to a message corpus; receive a search query associated with the message corpus, wherein the search query comprises reaction metadata criteria; and apply the search query to the message corpus to generate a reaction search results set.

First claim

That which is claimed:

1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory comprising program code, the at least one non-transitory memory and the program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
generate a message corpus based on a plurality of electronic messages, wherein each of the plurality of electronic messages is associated with a message metadata set, each message metadata set comprising:
a group identifier,
a message sender identifier,
a group-based communication channel identifier, and

wherein at least some message metadata sets associated with respective electronic messages of the plurality of electronic messages further comprise:
a reaction identifier, and a reaction sender identifier;
generate a message index based on the message corpus;
receive a search query associated with the message index, wherein the search query comprises reaction metadata criteria; and
apply the search query to the message index to generate a reaction search results set, wherein the reaction search results set is determined at least in part by comparing, based on the message index, the reaction metadata criteria to the message metadata sets associated with the plurality of electronic messages of the message corpus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reaction metadata criteria comprises a targeted reaction identifier, and wherein the reaction search results set is determined at least in part by comparing, based on the message index, the targeted reaction identifier to the message metadata sets associated with the plurality of electronic messages of the message corpus.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the reaction metadata criteria further comprises a targeted reaction sender identifier, and wherein the reaction search results set is determined at least in part by comparing, based on the message index, the targeted reaction identifier and the targeted reaction sender identifier to the message metadata sets associated with the plurality of electronic messages of the message corpus.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each of the at least some message metadata sets further comprises a sentiment score associated with the reaction identifier, wherein the reaction metadata criteria indicates a sentiment score threshold.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
receive at least one additional message metadata set associated with the plurality of electronic messages, wherein the at least one additional message metadata set comprises additional reaction identifiers and additional reaction sender identifiers; and
update the message index based on the at least one additional message metadata set.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein updating the message index comprises:
generating a job queue associated with the at least one additional message metadata set; and
generating an updated message index based on the message index and the job queue.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein generating the updated message index further comprises:
identifying a corresponding group-based communication channel identifier and a corresponding message time stamp associated with an additional reaction identifier of the additional reaction identifiers;
identifying an electronic message from the message corpus based on the corresponding group-based communication channel identifier and the message time stamp; and
generating a modified electronic message by injecting the additional reaction identifier and a corresponding reaction sender identifier to the electronic message.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
generating a message corpus based on a plurality of electronic messages, wherein each of the plurality of electronic messages is associated with a message metadata set, each message metadata set comprising:
a group identifier,
a message sender identifier,
a group-based communication channel identifier, and

wherein at least some message metadata sets associated with respective electronic messages of the plurality of electronic messages further comprise:
a reaction identifier, and a reaction sender identifier;
generating a message index based on the message corpus;
receiving a search query associated with the message index, wherein the search query comprises reaction metadata criteria; and
applying the search query to the message index to generate a reaction search results set, wherein the reaction search results set is determined at least in part by comparing, based on the message index, the reaction metadata criteria to the message metadata sets associated with the plurality of electronic messages of the message corpus.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the reaction metadata criteria comprises a targeted reaction identifier, and wherein the reaction search results set is determined at least in part by comparing, based on the message index, the targeted reaction identifier to the message metadata sets associated with the plurality of electronic messages of the message corpus.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the reaction metadata criteria further comprises a targeted reaction sender identifier, and wherein the reaction search results set is determined at least in part by comparing, based on the message index, the targeted reaction identifier and the targeted reaction sender identifier to the message metadata sets associated with the plurality of electronic messages of the message corpus.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein each of the at least some message metadata sets further comprises a sentiment score associated with the reaction identifier, wherein the reaction metadata criteria indicates a sentiment score threshold.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises:
receiving at least one additional message metadata set associated with the plurality of electronic messages, wherein the at least one additional message metadata set comprises additional reaction identifiers and additional reaction sender identifiers; and
updating the message index based on the at least one additional message metadata set.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein updating the message index comprises:
generating a job queue associated with the at least one additional message metadata set; and
generating an updated message index based on the message index and the job queue.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein generating the updated message index further comprises:
identifying a corresponding group-based communication channel identifier and a corresponding message time stamp associated with an additional reaction identifier of the additional reaction identifiers;
identifying an electronic message from the message corpus based on the corresponding group-based communication channel identifier and the message time stamp; and
generating a modified electronic message by injecting the additional reaction identifier and a corresponding reaction sender identifier to the electronic message.

15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising an executable portion configured to:
generate a message corpus based on a plurality of electronic messages, wherein

Assignees

• Slack Tech Inc

Inventors

• Wills Joshua
• Lloyd Paul
• Mourachov Serguei
• Walker Neil

Classifications

• H04L51/18 Primary

  Commands or executable codes · CPC title

• G06F16/334 Primary

  Query execution (filtering based on additional data G06F16/335) · CPC title

• H04L51/42

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