Dynamic formatting of messages for multiple endpoints

• US 10,038,654 B1
• Filed: 08/07/2017
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Korn, Jeffrey Lawrence, Kluever, Kurt Alfred, Concannon, Stephen, Kennell, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Cox, Natisha D
• Application Number:
  US15/671,068
• Time in Patent Office: 358 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression

Abstract

In one general aspect, a tangible computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The instructions can include instructions to receive an indicator that at least a portion of a source message has been produced using a source module, and instructions to send to the source module, in response to the indicator, an extraction module configured to assign an attribute value to content of the source message. The attribute value can represent a contextual function of the content within the source message. The instructions can include instructions to receive a content package including the content and the attribute value assigned to the content, and produce a plurality of endpoint-specific messages associated with a plurality of endpoints based on a plurality of message templates and the attribute value assigned to the content within the content package.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

extracting a plurality of content portions from a source message;

assigning the extracted plurality of content portions to a plurality of attribute values in a content package, wherein the content package is arranged differently than the source message;

generating, from the content package, a first message for sending to a first device in a first message format based on a first message template and extracted first content portions of the extracted plurality of content portions;

generating, from the content package, a second message for sending to a second device in a second message format different than the first message format based on a second message template and extracted second content portions of the extracted plurality of content portions,

wherein the first message omits at least one of the extracted first content portions based on the first message template and the second message omits at least one of the extracted second content portions based on the second message template; and

sending the first message to the first device and the second message to the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message is an email message and the second message is a text message, wherein the second message format is based on a text messaging application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein generating the second message comprises:

determining that content generated based on the extracted second content portions exceeds a threshold limit on the content;

generating, based on determining that the content exceeds the threshold limit, multiple text messages based on the second message template and extracted second content portions, wherein a generated text message of the multiple text messages comprises a truncated content portion of the content exceeding the threshold limit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the source message is an update notification associated with a document that is updated in a document program, and wherein the first message is generated in response to the document being updated, the method further comprising:

identifying the first device and the second device based on endpoint information stored in a user account associated with updating the document.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

selecting the first message template for the first message based on an endpoint type associated with the first device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the endpoint type is a type of application associated with an application designated to process the first message.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the endpoint type is based on a type of the first device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the content package comprises:

parsing content of the source message;

extracting the extracted first and second content portions from the source message;

assigning the extracted first content portions to first attribute values of the plurality of attribute values; and

assigning the extracted second content portions to second attribute values of the plurality of attribute values.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of attribute values identify the respective extracted plurality of content portions as a subject, a body portion, a signature block, an image, an audio recording, an advertisement, a link, an attachment, a network address, or a priority.

10. A system, comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

a memory including instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising;

extracting a plurality of content portions from a source message;

assigning the extracted plurality of content portions to a plurality of attribute values in a content package, wherein the content package is arranged differently than the source message;

generating, from the content package, a first message for sending to a first device in a first message format based on a first message template and extracted first content portions of the extracted plurality of content portions;

generating, from the content package, a second message for sending to a second device in a second message format different than the first message format based on a second message template and extracted second content portions of the extracted plurality of content portions,

wherein the first message omits at least one of the extracted first content portions based on the first message template and the second message omits at least one of the extracted second content portions based on the second message template; and

sending the first message to the first device and the second message to the second device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first message is an email message and the second message is a text message, wherein the second message format is based on a text messaging application.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein generating the second message comprises:

determining that content generated based on the extracted second content portions exceeds a threshold limit on the content;

generating, based on determining that the content exceeds the threshold limit, multiple text messages based on the second message template and extracted second content portions, wherein a generated text message of the multiple text messages comprises a truncated content portion of the content exceeding the threshold limit.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the source message is an update notification associated with a document that is updated in a document program, and wherein the first message is generated in response to the document being updated, the operations further comprising:

identifying the first device and the second device based on endpoint information stored in a user account associated with updating the document.

14. The system of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

selecting the first message template for the first message based on an endpoint type associated with the first device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the endpoint type is a type of application associated with an application designated to process the first message.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the endpoint type is based on a type of the first device.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein generating the content package comprises:

parsing content of the source message;

extracting the extracted first and second content portions from the source message;

assigning the extracted first content portions to first attribute values of the plurality of attribute values; and

assigning the extracted second content portions to second attribute values of the plurality of attribute values.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of attribute values identify the respective extracted plurality of content portions as a subject, a body portion, a signature block, an image, an audio recording, an advertisement, a link, an attachment, a network address, or a priority.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, facilitate the steps of:

extracting a plurality of content portions from a source message;

assigning the extracted plurality of content portions to a plurality of attribute values in a content package, wherein the content package is arranged differently than the source message;

generating, from the content package, an email message for sending to a first device based on a first message template and extracted first content portions of the extracted plurality of content portions;

generating, from the content package, a text message for sending to a second device based on a second message template and extracted second content portions of the extracted plurality of content portions, the text message being formatted based on a text messaging application, wherein the email message omits at least one of the extracted first content portions based on the first message template and the text message omits at least one of the extracted second content portions based on the second message template; and

sending the email message to the first device and the text message to the second device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein generating the text message comprises:

determining that content generated based on the extracted second content portions exceeds a threshold limit on the content;

generating, based on determining that the content exceeds the threshold limit, multiple text messages based on the second message template and extracted second content portions, wherein a generated text message of the multiple text messages comprises a truncated content portion of the content exceeding the threshold limit.