Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for implementing communication barriers in a group-based communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11272326-B2
Application number	US-202016777588-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2020
Priority date	Jan 30, 2020
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for implementing at least one communication barrier in a group-based communication system are described herein. The apparatus is configured to at least receive a first group correlation between a first user identifier and a first group identifier, receive a second group correlation between a second user identifier and a second group identifier, retrieve a communication separation settings set associated with the first group identifier and the second group identifier, and cause rendering a first electronic indication on a group-based communication interface. In some examples, the first user identifier is associated with a first workspace identifier and a first group-based communication channel. In some examples, the first group-based communication channel is associated with the first workspace identifier and a second workspace identifier.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for implementing at least one communication barrier in a group-based communication platform, the 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:
receive a first group correlation between a first user identifier and a first group identifier, wherein the first user identifier is associated with a first workspace identifier and a first group-based communication channel, wherein the first group-based communication channel is associated with the first workspace identifier and a second workspace identifier;
receive a second group correlation between a second user identifier and a second group identifier, wherein the second user identifier is associated with the second workspace identifier and the first group-based communication channel;
retrieve a communication separation settings set associated with the first group identifier and the second group identifier, wherein the communication separation settings set indicates the at least one communication barrier between the first group identifier and the second group identifier, wherein the at least one communication barrier denies, to a user associated with the first group identifier, a privilege to at least one of send communications to, receive communications from, or view communications associated with one or more users associated with the second group identifier through the group-based communication platform; and
cause rendering, on a group-based communication interface, a first electronic indication associated with the first group-based communication channel based at least in part on the at least one communication barrier.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic indication indicates a recommended disassociation between the first group-based communication channel and the second workspace identifier.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic indication comprises an archived copy of messaging communications associated with the first group-based communication channel.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the communication separation settings set further indicates a plurality of communication barriers between the first group identifier and a plurality of group identifiers associated with the group-based communication platform.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to further:
receive a third group correlation between a third user identifier and the second group identifier, wherein the third user identifier is associated with the first workspace identifier; and
cause rendering, on the group-based communication interface, a second electronic indication associated with the third user identifier based at least in part on the at least one communication barrier between the first group identifier and the second group identifier.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second electronic indication comprises a messaging communication indicating a recommended disassociation between the third user identifier and the first workspace identifier.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second electronic indication comprises a messaging communication indicating a recommended association between the third user identifier and the second workspace identifier.

8. A computer-implemented method for implementing at least one communication barrier in a group-based communication platform, comprising:
receiving a first group correlation between a first user identifier and a first group identifier, wherein the first user identifier is associated with a first workspace identifier and a first group-based communication channel, wherein the first group-based communication channel is associated with the first workspace identifier and a second workspace identifier;
receiving a second group correlation between a second user identifier and a second group identifier, wherein the second user identifier is associated with the second workspace identifier and the first group-based communication channel;
retrieving a communication separation settings set associated with the first group identifier and the second group identifier, wherein the communication separation settings set indicates the at least one communication barrier between the first group identifier and the second group identifier, wherein the at least one communication barrier denies, to a user associated with the first group identifier, a privilege to at least one of send communications to, receive communications from, or view communications associated with one or more users associated with the second group identifier through the group-based communication platform; and
causing rendering, on a group-based communication interface, a first electronic indication associated with the first group-based communication channel based at least in part on the at least one communication barrier.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the first electronic indication indicates a recommended disassociation between the first group-based communication channel and the second workspace identifier.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the first electronic indication comprises an archived copy of messaging communications associated with the first group-based communication channel.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the communication separation settings set further indicates a plurality of communication barriers between the first group identifier and a plurality of group identifiers associated with the group-based communication platform.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving a third group correlation between a third user identifier and the second group identifier, wherein the third user identifier is associated with the first workspace identifier; and
causing rendering, on the group-based communication interface, a second electronic indication associated with the third user identifier based at least in part on the at least one communication barrier between the first group identifier and the second group identifier.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the second electronic indication comprises a messaging communication indicating a recommended disassociation between the third user identifier and the first workspace identifier.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the second electronic indication comprises a messaging communication indicating a recommended association between the third user identifier and the second workspace identifier.

15. A computer program product for implementing at least one communication barrier in a group-based communication platform, the 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:
receive a first group correlation between a first user identifier and a first group identifier, wherein the first user identifier is associated with a first workspace identifier and a first group-based communication channel, wherein the first group-based communication channel is associated with the first workspace identifier and a second workspace identifier;
receive a second group correlation between a second user identifier

Assignees

• Slack Tech Inc
• Slack Tech Llc

Inventors

• Baez Max
• Gibbs Colin
• Hardin Alan
• Enrique Jennifer
• Marshall Kevin

Classifications

• H04L51/216

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

• H04L51/56

  Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM] · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title

• G06F21/6218 Primary

  to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database · CPC title

• H04L63/101

  Access control lists [ACL] · CPC title