Concurrent display of conversation messages and social network posts by conversation message authors
US9253137B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 26, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/56
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A client device displays message content from one or more email messages in a conversation thread. The client device displays, concurrently with the message content from the one or more email messages, one or more respective social network objects. Each displayed social network object has one or more selection portions, and each displayed social network object corresponds to a respective post by a respective participant in the conversation thread. In response to selection of a first portion of a respective social network object of the one or more displayed social network objects, the client device displays a respective social network page of the respective participant who authored the respective post corresponding to the respective social network object.
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