Providing augmented message elements in electronic communication threads

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10791081-B2
Application number	US-201916290275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2019
Priority date	Jun 1, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing message element in electronic communication threads. For example, systems and methods described herein identify message elements in electronic communication threads and add interactions between the message elements to the electronic communication thread.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining that a first message element submitted by a first user and a second message element submitted by a second user were added to a communication thread within a threshold amount of time;
replacing, in response to the determination and within the communication thread, the first message element and the second message element with a third message element identified based on the first message element and the second message element; and
removing the third message element from the communication thread and re-rendering the communication thread to include the first message element and the second message element.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining that the first message element and the second message element were added to the communication thread within the threshold amount of time comprises:
analyzing a first timestamp associated with the first message element and a second timestamp associated with the second message element; and
determining that the first timestamp and the second timestamp are within the threshold amount of time.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein replacing the first message element and the second message element with a third message element comprises:
determining a communication thread position associated with the first message element and the second message element;
removing the first message element and the second message element from the communication thread position; and
adding the third message element to the communication thread position.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 , further comprising identifying the third message element based on the first message element and the second message element by:
analyzing metadata associated with the first message element to determine a first message element identifier;
analyzing metadata associated with the second message element to determine a second message element identifier;
identifying an intersection of the first message element identifier and the second message element identifier within a lookup table; and
extracting the third message element at the intersection within the lookup table.

5. The method as recited in claim 3 , wherein removing the first message element and the second message element from the communication thread position comprises:
identifying, at the communication thread position, a first cell including the first message element;
identifying, at the communication thread position, a second cell including the second message element; and
removing the first cell and the second cell from the communication thread position.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein adding the third message element to the communication thread position comprises:
determining the communication thread position of the first cell and the second cell; and
positioning a cell including the third message element within the communication thread at the communication thread position.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising, after replacing the first message element and the second message element with the third message element, determining that a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed comprises:
analyzing metadata associated with the third message element to identify the predetermined period of time; and
determining whether an amount of time that has elapsed since replacing the first message element and the second message element with the third message element is greater than the predetermined period of time.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein re-rendering the communication thread to include the first message element and the second message element comprises:
removing, from the communication thread, a third cell including the third message element; and
adding, to the communication thread, a first cell including the first message element and a second cell including the second message element at a position corresponding to a previous position of the third cell.

10. A mobile device comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to:
determine that a first message element submitted by a first user and a second message element submitted by a second user were added to a communication thread within a threshold amount of time;
replace, in response to the determination and within the communication thread, the first message element and the second message element with a third message element identified based on the first message element and the second message element; and
remove the third message element from the communication thread and re-render the communication thread to include the first message element and the second message element.

11. The mobile device as recited in claim 10 , wherein determining that the first message element and the second message element were added to the communication thread within the threshold amount of time comprises:
analyzing a first timestamp associated with the first message element and a second timestamp associated with the second message element; and
determining that the first timestamp and the second timestamp are within the threshold amount of time.

12. The mobile device as recited in claim 11 , wherein replacing the first message element and the second message element with a third message element comprises:
determining a communication thread position associated with the first message element and the second message element;
removing the first message element and the second message element from the communication thread position; and
adding the third message element to the communication thread position.

13. The mobile device as recited in claim 12 , further comprising identifying the third message element based on the first message element and the second message element by:
analyzing metadata associated with the first message element to determine a first message element identifier;
analyzing metadata associated with the second message element to determine a second message element identifier;
identifying an intersection of the first message element identifier and the second message element identifier within a lookup table; and
extracting the third message element at the intersection within the lookup table.

14. The mobile device as recited in claim 13 , wherein removing the first message element and the second message element from the communication thread position comprises:
identifying, at the communication thread position, a first cell including the first message element;
identifying, at the communication thread position, a second cell including the second message element; and
removing the first cell and the second cell from the communication thread position.

15. The mobile device as recited in claim 10 , further storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to, after replacing the first message element and the second message element with the third message element, determine that a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

16. The mobile device as recited in claim 15 , wherein determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed comprises:
analyzing metadata associated with the third message element to identify the predetermined period of time; and
determining whether an amount of time that has elapsed since replacing the fi

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Pickett Cameron James
• Larson Patrick Andrew
• Andrews Russell William

Classifications

• H04L51/063

  Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content · CPC title

• H04L67/306 Primary

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/53

  using third party service providers · CPC title

• H04L51/216 Primary

  Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads · CPC title

• H04L67/535

  Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34) · CPC title