Messaging object generation for synchronous conversation threads
View Patent ↗In particular embodiments, a messaging device or server may be operable to receive a message including a thread identifier or a list of conversation participants; if the message includes a thread identifier, then append the message to a locally-stored conversation thread possessing the same thread identifier; if the message includes a list of participants, then: search a plurality of locally-stored conversation threads for a conversation threads having participants matching the list of participants; and in response to a match, append the message to the matching thread; in response to failing to find a match, generate an offline identifier for the message and storing the message locally.
1. A method comprising:
accessing a message including a list of conversation participants comprising a phone number for a first participant;
determining, using a social-networking system, a social-network identifier for the first participant based on the phone number, wherein the social-network identifier is associated with the phone number by receiving login credentials associated with the social-network identifier from a mobile application installed on a device that is uniquely identified by the phone number;
determining whether a participant identifier for the first participant is available based on whether social-networking system privacy settings for the first participant allow publication of the social-network identifier;
in response to determining that the participant identifier is available, determining whether the list of conversation participants of the message substantially matches a list of conversation participants associated with an existing conversation thread, based in part on the participant identifier for the first participant;
in response to determining that the list of conversation participants of the message substantially matches a list of conversation participants associated with an existing conversation thread, appending the message, to the matching existing conversation thread, wherein the existing conversation thread comprises a first previous message sent to a social-network account of the first participant as identified by the social-network identifier, and a second previous message sent to a different instant messaging account of the first participant.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the social-networking system privacy settings for the first participant do not allow publication of the social-network identifier, determining whether the participant identifier for the first participant is available based on whether the phone number has been explicitly linked to the participant identifier by a user.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a message object;
adding a message body, the list of conversation participants, and the identifier to the message object;
transmitting the message object and a request to store the message in a mailbox.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the social-networking system privacy settings for the first participant do not allow publication of the social-network identifier, using the phone number as the participant identifier for the first participant.
5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving a thread identifier for one or more messages stored on a client computing device.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) message, and is received from an external endpoint represented by a phone number.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) message, and is received from a short code.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is an outgoing message received from a graphical user interface including a list of participants.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a call-log for an outgoing voice call received from a dialer application including a list of participants.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a call-log for an incoming voice call received from a dialer application including a list of participants.
11. A non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions operable, when executed by one or more computing systems, to:
access a message including a list of conversation participants comprising a phone number for a first participant;
determine, using a social-networking system, a social-network identifier for the first participant based on the phone number, wherein the social-network identifier is associated with the phone number by receiving login credentials associated with the social-network identifier from a mobile application installed on a device that is uniquely identified by the phone number;
determine a participant identifier for the first participant based on whether social-networking system privacy settings for the first participant allow publication of the social-network identifier;
determine whether the list of conversation participants of the message substantially matches a list of conversation participants associated with an existing conversation thread based in part on the participant identifier for the first participant;
in response to determining that the list of conversation participants of the message substantially matches a list of conversation participants associated with an existing conversation thread, append the message, to the matching existing conversation thread, wherein the existing conversation thread comprises a first previous message sent to a social-network account of the first participant as identified by the social-network identifier, and a second previous message sent to a different instant messaging account of the first participant.
12. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , the instructions further operable, when executed by one or more computing systems, to:
in response to determining that the social-networking system privacy settings for the first participant do not allow publication of the social-network identifier, determining whether the participant identifier for the first participant is available based on whether the phone number has been explicitly linked to the participant identifier by a user.
13. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , the instructions further operable, when executed by one or more computing systems, to:
generate a message object;
add a message body, the list of conversation participants, and the identifier to the message object;
transmit the message object and a request to store the message in a mailbox.
14. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , the instructions further operable, when executed by one or more computing systems, to:
in response to determining that the social-networking system privacy settings for the first participant do not allow publication of the social-network identifier, using the phone number as the participant identifier for the first participant.
15. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 13 , the instructions further operable, when executed by one or more computing systems, to:
receive a thread identifier for one or more messages stored on a client computing device.
16. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the message is a short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) message, and is received from an external endpoint represented by a phone number.
17. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the message is a short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) message, and is received from a short code.
18. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the message is an outgoing message received from a graphical user interface including a list of participants.
19. The non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the message is a call-log for an outgoing voice call received from a dialer application including a list of participants.
20. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors;
a communications interface;
one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
access a message including a list of conversation participants comprising a phone number for a first participant;
determine, using a social-networking system, a social-network identifier for the first participant based on the phone number, wherein the social-network identifier is associated with the phone number by receiving login credentials associated with the social-network identifier from a mobile application installed on a device that is uniquely identified by the phone number;
determine a participant identifier for the first participant based on whether social-networking system privacy settings for the first participant allow publication of the social-network identifier;
determine whether the list of conversation participants of the message substantially matches a list of conversation participants associated with an existing conversation thread based in part on the participant identifier for the first participant;
in response to determining that the list of conversation participants of the message substantially matches a list of conversation participants associated with an existing conversation thread, append the message, to the matching existing conversation thread, wherein the existing conversation thread comprises a first previous message sent to a social-network account of the first participant as identified by the social-network identifier, and a second previous message sent to a different instant messaging account of the first participant.
21. The apparatus of claim 20 , the instructions further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
in response to determining that the social-networking system privacy settings for the first participant do not allow publication of the social-network identifier, determining whether the participant identifier for the first participant is available based on whether the phone number has been explicitly linked to the participant identifier by a user.
22. The apparatus of claim 20 , the instructions further operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
generate a message object;
add a message body, the list of conversation participants, and the identifier to the message object;
transmit the message object and a request to store the message in a mailbox.
23. The apparatus of claim 20 , the instructions further operable, when executed by the one or more computing systems, to:
in response to determining that the social-networking system privacy settings for the first participant do not allow publication of the social-network identifier, using the phone number as the participant identifier for the first participant.
24. The apparatus of claim 22 , the instructions further operable, when executed by the one or more computing systems, to:
receive a thread identifier for one or more messages stored on a client computing device.
25. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the message is a short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) message, and is received from an external endpoint represented by a phone number.
26. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the message is a short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) message, and is received from a short code.
27. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the message is an outgoing message received from a graphical user interface including a list of participants.
28. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the message is a call-log for an outgoing voice call received from a dialer application including a list of participants.