Endorsement indications in communication environments

US9954807B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Santosh Kumar · Kanchinakote, IN
• Giselli Panontini DeSouza Sana · Redmond, US
• Alisson Teixeira · Seattle, US
• Amit Gupta · Foster City, US
• Cindy Kwan · Bellevue, US
• Sangya Singh · Bellevue, US
• Naresh Sundaram · Redmond, US
• Johannes Gehrke · Ithaca, US
• Jason Andrew Cook · Newcastle, US
• Victoria Mbabazi · Redmond, US
• Ryan Thomas Murphy · Seattle, US
• Skye Lee Pazuchanics · Woodinville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 12, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L51/52
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Communication services enable two or more users to communicate electronically using multiple modes of communication. Conversations between groups of users are common, where one or more communications may be exchanged repeatedly over a period of time. In some scenarios, a communication desired to be conveyed by a participant in a conversation may be a simple endorsement, such as receipt acknowledgment and various levels of social activity actions and/or gestures, which may be useful for other participants of the conversation to see as well. Provision of endorsement indications in communication environments may enable the participant to select an endorsement for a communication or a conversation without explicitly replying to the communication or conversation, where an endorsement indication based on the selected endorsement may be transmitted and displayed to the other participants of the conversation through an endorsement module of the communication service.