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Granted Patent B2
US 8,868,669 · App. 13/676,028 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Broadcasting in chat system without topic-specific rooms

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Patent No.
US 8,868,669
App. No.
13/676,028
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, system and graphical user interface for a chat system is disclosed. One aspect of certain embodiments includes broadcasting popular messages to users that have not previously received the popular messages and including with the popular messages one or more qualitative signals based on user feedback.

Claims (67)

1. A method for use in a communication system, comprising:

at a server having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors:

obtaining a plurality of incoming messages, wherein the plurality of incoming messages include one or more external messages and one or more in-system messages from authors in the communication system, wherein the one or more external messages are generated from one or more external blogs;

identifying one or more popular messages from a first author among the plurality of incoming messages in the communication system;

receiving a feedback message from a first user of the communication system about at least one of: the first author and a first popular message of the one or more popular messages; and

sending to a plurality of users of the communication system the first popular message and the feedback message from the first user, wherein the plurality of users track the first user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving one or more additional feedback messages from at least a subset of the plurality of users about at least one of: the first author and the first popular message of the popular messages; and

sending to the plurality of users the feedback message from the first user and at least a subset of the one or more additional feedback messages.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving one or more additional feedback messages from at least a subset of the plurality of users about at least one of: the first author and the first popular message of the popular messages; and

sending to the plurality of users at least a subset of the one or more additional feedback messages from the first user without the feedback message from the first user.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second feedback message from the first user about another popular message, distinct from the first popular message, of the one or more popular messages; and

sending to the plurality of users of the communication system the other popular message and the second feedback message from the first user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more popular messages comprise a first set of popular messages, and the method further comprising:

identifying a second set of one or more popular messages among the plurality of incoming messages from a second author;

receiving a feedback message from the first user about at least one of: the second author and a second popular message of the second set of popular messages from the second author; and

sending to the plurality of users of the communication system the second popular message and the feedback message from the first user about at least the one of: the second author and the second popular message of the second set of popular messages from the second author.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more popular messages comprise a first set of popular messages, and the method further comprising:

identifying a second set of one or more popular messages among the plurality of incoming messages from a second author;

receiving a feedback message from a second user about at least one of: the second author and a second popular message of the second set of popular messages from the second author; and

sending to the plurality of users of the communication system the second popular message and the feedback message from the second user.

7. The method of claim 6 , including sending to the plurality of users of the communication system the second popular message and the feedback message from the second user with the first popular message and the feedback message from the first user.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving one or more replies from at least a subset of the plurality of users; and

sending the one or more replies to the plurality of users.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a respective popular message comprises determining whether the respective message among the plurality of incoming messages exceeds a predetermined popularity threshold based on feedback from users of the communication system corresponding to the respective message, and

wherein the respective message is the first popular message and the first popular message is not tracked by the plurality of users.

10. A computer system for a communication system, comprising:

one or more processors;

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

obtaining a plurality of incoming messages, wherein the plurality of incoming messages include one or more external messages and one or more in-system messages from authors in the communication system, wherein the one or more external messages are generated from one or more external blogs;

identifying one or more popular messages from a first author among the plurality of incoming messages in the communication system;

receiving a feedback message from a first user of the communication system about at least one of: the first author and a first popular message of the one or more popular messages; and

sending to a plurality of users of the communication system the first popular message and the feedback message from the first user, wherein the plurality of users track the first user.

11. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

receiving one or more additional feedback messages from at least a subset of the plurality of users about at least one of: the first author and the first popular message of the one or more popular messages; and

sending to the plurality of users the feedback message from the first user and at least a subset of the one or more additional feedback messages.

12. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

receiving one or more additional feedback messages from at least a subset of the plurality of users about at least one of: the first author and the first popular message of the one or more popular messages; and

sending to the plurality of users at least a subset of the one or more additional feedback messages from the first user without the feedback message from the first user.

13. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

receiving a second feedback message from the first user about another popular message, distinct from the first popular message, of the one or more popular messages; and

sending to the plurality of users of the communication system the other popular message and the second feedback message from the first user.

14. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more popular messages comprise a first set of popular messages, and wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

identifying a second set of one or more popular messages among the plurality of incoming messages from a second author;

receiving a feedback message from the first user about at least one of: the second author and a second popular message of the second set of popular messages from the second author; and

sending to the plurality of users of the communication system the second popular message and the feedback message from the first user about at least the one of: the second author and the second popular message of the second set of popular messages from the second author.

15. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

receiving one or more replies from at least a subset of the plurality of users; and

sending the one or more replies to the plurality of users.

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

obtaining a plurality of incoming messages, wherein the plurality of incoming messages include one or more external messages and one or more in-system messages from authors in the communication system, wherein the one or more external messages are generated from one or more external blogs;

identifying one or more popular messages from a first author among the plurality of incoming messages in the communication system;

receiving a feedback message from a first user of the communication system about at least one of: the first author and a first popular message of the one or more popular messages; and

sending to a plurality of users of the communication system the first popular message and the feedback message from the first user, wherein the plurality of users track the first user.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

receiving one or more additional feedback messages from at least a subset of the plurality of users about at least one of: the first author and the first popular message of the popular messages; and

sending to the plurality of users the feedback message from the first user and at least a subset of the one or more additional feedback messages.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more popular messages comprise a first set of popular messages, and wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

identifying a second set of one or more popular messages among the plurality of incoming messages from a second author;

receiving a feedback message from the first user about at least one of: the second author and a second popular message of the second set of popular messages from the second author; and

sending to the plurality of users of the communication system the second popular message and the feedback message from the first user about at least the one of: the second author and the second popular message of the second set of popular messages from the second author.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

receiving one or more replies from at least a subset of the plurality of users; and

sending the one or more replies to the plurality of users.

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