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Group-based communication interface with subsidiary file communications

US10866929B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

Slack Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Milo Watanabe · San Francisco, US
Ayesha Bose · San Francisco, US
Bernadette Le · Concord, US
Faisal Yaqub · New York, US
Fayaz Ashraf · Vancouver, CA
Marcel Weekes · San Francisco, US
Wayne Fan · San Francisco, US
Adam Cole · San Francisco, US
Jordan Tyler Williams · San Francisco, US
Patrick Kane · Loganville, US
Oluwatosin Afolabi · Vancouver, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2018
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 27, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/561
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a group-based communication interface configured to efficiently share files among a plurality of group-based communication feeds. Each file share may initiate a subsidiary group-based communication feed to organize and manage discussions regarding shared files. The subsidiary group-based communication feed is unique to the particular file share. Subsequent file shares of the file initiate additional subsidiary group-based communication feeds, such that each discussion stemming from a file share does not overlap with another discussion regarding a different file share of the same file.

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