Organizing messages into conversation threads

US9929994B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

• Drew W. Hamlin · San Francisco, US
• Daniel Hsiao · East Palo Alto, US
• Mark E. Zuckerberg · Palo Alto, US
• Andrew G. Bosworth · Palo Alto, US
• Joel Benjamin Seligstein · Redwood City, US
• Ross David Bayer · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L69/14
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A messaging system that organizes and presents messages to users of the messaging system. The messaging system includes a mailbox module that receives messages and generates conversation threads from the messages. Messages received from different electronic message channels may be aggregated into a common conversation thread. The conversation threads are also organized in a message interface and then presented to a user of the messaging system. The messaging system may include a social networking system that stores social information about users, which can be used to organize the conversation threads. Other features include a multi mode message interface, and a method for adding contextual information to messages.