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US 8,606,870 · App. 13/587,803 · Granted Dec 10, 2013

Chat system without topic-specific rooms

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Patent No.
US 8,606,870
App. No.
13/587,803
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, system and graphical user interface for a chat system is disclosed. One aspect of certain embodiments includes sending target messages to users based on the respective selection and filtering criteria selected by the respective users instead of having users enter topic specific rooms.

Claims (33)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving and storing a plurality of messages;

identifying respective message selection criteria of a plurality of users;

based on the respective message selection criteria, identifying a subset of the messages as popular messages, the popular messages matching the respective message selection criteria of a number of the plurality of users; and

sending to client systems of a second plurality of users at least a subset of the popular messages.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the popular messages match the respective message selection criteria of a number of the plurality of the user in excess of a predefined threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise respective search queries associated with the plurality of users.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise one or more focus specifications associated with the plurality of users.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise identification of a message author.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise identification of a message source.

7. A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving and storing a plurality of messages;

identifying respective message selection criteria of a plurality of users;

based on the message selection criteria, identifying a subset of the messages as popular messages, the popular messages matching the respective message selection criteria of a number of the plurality of users; and

sending to client systems of a second plurality of users at least a subset of the popular messages.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the popular messages match the respective message selection criteria of a number of the plurality of the user in excess of a predefined threshold.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise respective search queries associated with the plurality of users.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise one or more focus specifications associated with the plurality of users.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise identification of a message author.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise identification of a message source.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a computer system, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving and storing a plurality of messages;

identifying respective message selection criteria of a plurality of users;

based on the respective message selection criteria, identifying a subset of the messages as popular messages, the popular messages matching the respective message selection criteria of a number of the plurality of users; and

sending to client systems of a second plurality of users at least a subset of the popular messages.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the popular messages match the respective message selection criteria of a number of the plurality of the user in excess of a predefined threshold.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise respective search queries associated with the plurality of users.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise one or more focus specifications associated with the plurality of users.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise identification of a message author.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the respective message selection criteria of the plurality of users comprise identification of a message source.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 5, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
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