Techniques to convert multi-party conversations to an editable document

• US 10,361,987 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2016
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jeon, Sung-eok, Husain, Aliasgar Mumtaz
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Atta
• Application Number:
  US15/161,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20170339087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,158 Days
• Field of Search: 709205
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

Techniques to convert multi-party conversations to an editable document are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a message queue monitoring component operative to monitor a messaging conversation between two or more messaging participants; and analyze the messaging conversation based on a plurality of domain-specific extractors; a domain selector component operative to determine that a domain detection level for a selected extractor exceeds a threshold; and a document component operative to generate an editable document based on the messaging conversation using the selected extractor and assign access permissions to the editable document automatically to the two or more messaging participants. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

monitoring a messaging conversation between two or more messaging participants comprising at least a lower-ranked participant and a higher-ranked participant;

analyzing messages in the messaging conversation using a domain-specific extractor capable of detecting messages in the messaging conversation pertaining to a particular domain;

detecting one or more messages in the messaging conversation using the domain-specific extractor;

determining, for each detected message, a domain detection level representing a probability that the detected message pertains to the particular domain;

determining that the domain detection level exceeds a threshold for the domain-specific extractor;

generating an editable document containing the one or more detected messages having a domain detection level exceeding the threshold, the editable document comprising a document portion generated based on a higher-ranked participant message, wherein the lower-ranked participant of the two or more messaging participants is blocked from editing the document portion generated based on the higher-ranked participant message;

receiving a relevance extinction time for the messaging conversation from the domain-specific extractor; and

assigning an auto-deletion time to the editable document based on the relevance extinction time.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining a domain-relevant relationship between the two or more messaging participants, the domain-relevant relationship associated with the domain-specific extractor; and

determining that the domain detection level for the one or more detected messages exceeds the threshold using a lower-requirement threshold based on the determining of the domain-relevant relationship between the two or more messaging participants.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

displaying an editable document notification on one or more client devices corresponding to one or more of the two or more messaging participants in response to generating the editable document based on the messaging conversation using the domain-specific extractor.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

assigning access permissions to the editable document automatically to the two or more messaging participants.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the messaging conversation is analyzed using a plurality of domain-specific extractors corresponding to a plurality of domains.

6. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor circuit on a device;

a message queue monitoring component operative on the processor circuit to;

monitor a messaging conversation between two or more messaging participants comprising at least a lower-ranked participant and a higher-ranked participant;

analyze messages in the messaging conversation using a domain-specific extractor, capable of detecting messages in the messaging conversation pertaining to a particular domain; and

detecting one or more messages in the messaging conversation using the domain-specific extractor;

a domain selector component operative on the processor circuit to;

determine a domain detection level representing a probability that the detected messages pertain to the particular domain; and

determine that the domain detection level exceeds a threshold for the domain-specific extractor; and

a document component operative on the processor circuit to;

generate an editable document containing the one or more detected messages having a domain detection level exceeding the threshold;

assign editing permissions to the editable document based on the importance ranking, the editable document comprising a document portion generated based on a higher-ranked participant message, wherein the lower-ranked participant of the two or more messaging participants is blocked from editing the document portion generated based on the higher-ranked participant message;

receive a relevance extinction time for the messaging conversation from the domain-specific extractor; and

assign an auto-deletion time to the editable document based on the relevance extinction time.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, the domain selector component further operative to:

determine a domain-relevant relationship between the two or more messaging participants, the domain-relevant relationship associated with the domain-specific extractor; and

determine that the domain detection level for the domain-specific extractor exceeds the threshold using a lower-requirement threshold based on the determining of the domain-relevant relationship between the two or more messaging participants.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, the document component further operative to:

display an editable document notification on one or more client devices corresponding to one or more of the two or more messaging participants in response to generating the editable document based on the messaging conversation using the domain-specific extractor.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the messaging conversation is analyzed using a plurality of domain-specific extractors corresponding to a plurality of domains.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

monitor a messaging conversation between two or more messaging participants the two or more messaging participants comprising at least a lower-ranked participant and a higher-ranked participant;

analyze messages in the messaging conversation based on a domain-specific extractor capable of detecting messages in the messaging conversation pertaining to a particular domain;

detecting one or more messages in the messaging conversation using the domain-specific extractor;

determine, for each detected message, a domain detection level representing a probability that the detected message pertains to the particular domain;

determine that the domain detection level exceeds a threshold;

generate an editable document containing the one or more detected messages having a domain detection level exceeding the threshold;

assign editing permissions to the editable document based on the importance ranking, the editable document comprising a document portion generated based on a higher-ranked participant message, wherein the lower-ranked participant of the two or more messaging participants is blocked from editing the document portion generated based on the higher-ranked participant message;

receive a relevance extinction time for the messaging conversation from the domain-specific extractor, and

assign an auto-deletion time to the editable document based on the relevance extinction time.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

determine a domain-relevant relationship between the two or more messaging participants, the domain-relevant relationship associated with the selected extractor, and

determine that the domain detection level for the one or more detected messages exceeds the threshold using a lower-requirement threshold based on the determining of the domain-relevant relationship between the two or more messaging participants.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

display an editable document notification on one or more client devices corresponding to one or more of the two or more messaging participants in response to generating the editable document based on the messaging conversation using the domain-specific extractor.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, where the messaging conversation is analyzed using a plurality of domain-specific extractors corresponding to a plurality of domains.