Shared Communication Space Invitations

• US 20110179118A1
• Filed: 03/24/2011
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bakin, Obeka Tallis Brown, Dean, Jeffrey, Harik, Georges
• Granted Patent: US 9,166,806 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of providing invitations to a shared communication space, performed by a server system, includes providing the shared communication space, which includes content associated with a set of characteristics, and identifying a user, in accordance with a set of characteristics associated with the user and the set of characteristics associated with the content in the shared communication space. The method further includes sending to the identified user a invitation to participate in the shared communication space, and upon acceptance of the invitation by the user, enabling access by the user to the shared communication space by the user and enabling the user to exchange information with other participants in the shared communication space via the shared communication space.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed by a server system having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors for providing communications, the method comprising:

providing a shared communication space that includes content associated with a set of characteristics;

identifying a user, in accordance with a set of characteristics associated with the user and the set of characteristics associated with the content in the shared communication space;

sending to the identified user a invitation to participate in the shared communication space; and

upon acceptance of the invitation by the user, enabling access by the user to the shared communication space by the user and enabling the user to exchange information with other participants in the shared communication space via the shared communication space.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the invitation sent to the user comprises a link to the shared communication space.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared communication space includes both static content and streaming content.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the streaming content comprises video content.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the streaming content comprises chatroom content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of characteristics associated with the user comprise membership of the user in a group of users.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of characteristics associated with the user comprise characteristics of online activity by the user and membership of the user in a group of users.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of characteristics associated with the user comprise characteristics identified in accordance with a user profile of the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is a member of a group, and the set of characteristics associated with the user comprise characteristics associated with other members of the group.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the user comprises identifying the user in accordance with characteristics of online activity by the user and the characteristics of the content in the shared communication space.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the user comprises identifying the user in accordance with characteristics of content accessed by the user during online activity by the user and the characteristics of the content in the shared communication space.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more computer programs to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system, the one or more computer programs comprising:

instructions for providing a shared communication space that includes content associated with a set of characteristics;

instructions for identifying a user, in accordance with a set of characteristics associated with the user and the set of characteristics associated with the content in the shared communication space;

instructions for sending to the identified user a invitation to participate in the shared communication space; and

instructions, for execution upon acceptance of the invitation by the user, for enabling access by the user to the shared communication space by the user and enabling the user to exchange information with other participants in the shared communication space via the shared communication space.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the invitation sent to the user comprises a link to the shared communication space.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the shared communication space includes both static content and streaming content.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the set of characteristics associated with the user comprise membership of the user in a group of users.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the set of characteristics associated with the user comprise characteristics of online activity by the user and membership of the user in a group of users.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the user is a member of a group, and the set of characteristics associated with the user comprise characteristics associated with other members of the group.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions for identifying the user comprise the instructions for identifying the user in accordance with characteristics of online activity by the user and the characteristics of the content in the shared communication space.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions for identifying the user comprise instructions for identifying the user in accordance with characteristics of content accessed by the user during online activity by the user and the characteristics of the content in the shared communication space.

20. A server system for hosting shared communication spaces, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing at least one program for execution by the one or more processors, the at least one program including instructions for;

providing a shared communication space that includes content associated with a set of characteristics;

identifying a user, in accordance with a set of characteristics associated with the user and the set of characteristics associated with the content in the shared communication space;

sending to the identified user a invitation to participate in the shared communication space; and

upon acceptance of the invitation by the user, enabling access by the user to the shared communication space by the user and enabling the user to exchange information with other participants in the shared communication space via the shared communication space.

21. The server system of claim 20, wherein the invitation sent to the user comprises a link to the shared communication space.

22. The server system of claim 20, wherein the set of characteristics associated with the user comprise membership of the user in a group of users.