Integrated real-time digital communication platform
US9813365B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/52
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a system are disclosed including software and hardware components implementing a Universal Email Platform (UEP) that allows communications between existing email clients and UEP email clients. UEP allows interactions between clients as a real-time, ongoing stream of communications, in which people may enter an ongoing conversation in the computing cloud and have access to the thread of communications prior to their joining. A mid-layer architecture allows UEP to seamlessly communicate through multiple other existing or new email platforms. The cloud-based conversation may be split or nested allowing side conversations. Filters may be employed to filter email contents based on participants, subject, attachments, and the like. A user may search for threads based on various criteria such as date range, sender, receiver, subject, attachments and other parameters. Search may be for one thread among others or inside threads.
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