Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for data retrieval in a group-based communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11269910-B2
Application number	US-202016778432-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2020
Priority date	Jan 31, 2020
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for improving data retrieval in a group-based communication system are described herein. The apparatus is configured to at least receive a first search query comprising a first search string, identify a first index object of a plurality of index objects based at least in part on the first search string, retrieve a first message object based at least in part on the first index object, and cause rendering of the first message object within a group-based communication user interface on a client device based at least in part on at least one element content attribute and at least one element style attribute of the first message object.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for improving data retrieval in a group-based communication platform, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory comprising a computer program code, the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
receive, from a client device, a first search query comprising a first search string;
identify a first index object of a plurality of index objects based at least in part on the first search string;
retrieve a first message object comprising one or more element objects based at least in part on the first index object;
create a modified message object by modifying at least a first element object of the one or more element objects such that the modified first element object comprises at least one element style attribute and a respective at least one element content attribute based at least in part on the first search string; and
cause rendering of the modified message object within a group-based communication user interface on the client device based at least in part on the at least one element content attribute and the at least one element style attribute.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
parse the first search query to obtain the first search string.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first index object comprises one or more index strings, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
identify a first index string from the one or more index strings based at least in part on the first search string.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first search string is a text search string, wherein the first index string comprises a first index string portion corresponding to the text search string, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
in response to determining that the first index string portion is at least one of: preceded by a first whitespace indicator or followed by a second whitespace indicator, identify the first index object as corresponding to the first search string.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first search string is a user identifier search string, wherein the first index string comprises a first index string portion corresponding to the user identifier search string, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
in response to determining that the first index string portion is preceded by a first user identifier indicator, identify the first index object as corresponding to the first search string.

6. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first search string is a channel identifier search string, wherein the first index string comprises a first index string portion corresponding to the channel identifier search string, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
in response to determining that the first index string portion is preceded by a first channel identifier indicator, identify the first index object as corresponding to the first search string.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
identify a first element content attribute of the first message object based at least in part on the first search string; and
generate a first element style attribute in the first message object, wherein the first element style attribute indicates highlight visualization effects for the first element content attribute.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first element content attribute comprises a first element content attribute portion and a second element content attribute portion, wherein the first element content attribute portion corresponds to the first search string, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
generate a second element content attribute based at least in part on the second element content attribute portion of the first element content attribute;
remove the second element content attribute portion from the first element content attribute; and
cause rendering of the first message object based at least in part on the first element content attribute and the second element content attribute.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
identify a second element content attribute that precedes the first element content attribute in the first message object; and
in response to determining that the second element content attribute comprises an end whitespace indicator, cause rendering of the first message object based at least in part on the first element content attribute and the second element content attribute.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
generate a second index object corresponding to a second message object based at least in part on a first element content attribute and a second element content attribute associated with the second message object, wherein the second message object comprises a first element object and a second element object, wherein the first element object comprises the first element content attribute and a first element style attribute, wherein the second element object comprises the second element content attribute and a second element style attribute;
retrieve the second message object based at least in part on the second index object corresponding to a second search string; and
cause rendering of the second message object within the group-based communication user interface.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
receive, from the client device, an input string comprising a first word portion and a second word portion, wherein the first word portion is associated with a structured format trigger;
generate, based on the input string, a second message object comprising a first element object and a second element object, wherein the first element object comprises a first element content attribute corresponding to the first word portion and a first element style attribute based at least in part on the structured format trigger, wherein the second element object comprises a second element content attribute corresponding to the second word portion; and
cause rendering of the second message object within the group-based communication user interface based at least in part on the first element style attribute.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:

Assignees

• Slack Tech Llc
• Salesforce Com Inc

Inventors

• Shortt Madeline
• Liszka Jason
• Greenberg Ryan
• Stultz Samantha

Classifications

• G06F16/334 Primary

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

• G06F16/2228

  Indexing structures · CPC title

• G06F16/24528

  Standardisation; Simplification · CPC title

• G06F16/2435

  Active constructs · CPC title

• G06F16/252 Primary

  between a Database Management System and a front-end application · CPC title