TECHNIQUES TO RESTORE COMMUNICATIONS SESSIONS FOR APPLICATIONS HAVING CONVERSATION AND MEETING ENVIRONMENTS
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1. A computer-implemented communications system, comprising:
- a meeting component of a communications application for selecting a meeting from multiple meetings;
a conversation component of the communications application for managing multiple conversation threads; and
a recovery component of the communications application for recovering an active meeting from the multiple meetings or an active conversation thread from the multiple conversation threads.
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Abstract
Techniques for restoring communications sessions for applications having conversation environment and a meeting embodiment are described. A system may include a meeting component of a communications application for selecting a meeting from multiple meetings, a conversation component of the communications application for managing multiple conversation threads, and a recovery component of the communications application for recovering an active meeting from the multiple meetings or an active conversation thread from the multiple conversation threads. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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1. A computer-implemented communications system, comprising:
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a meeting component of a communications application for selecting a meeting from multiple meetings; a conversation component of the communications application for managing multiple conversation threads; and a recovery component of the communications application for recovering an active meeting from the multiple meetings or an active conversation thread from the multiple conversation threads. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented communications system, comprising:
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a navigation menu component for selecting between communications components that include communications items, the communications components include, a conversations component of a real-time communications application in which the communications items comprise at least one conversation thread in a conversation format; a meeting component of the real-time communications application in which the communications items comprise at least one meeting; a recovery component of the real-time communications application to recover one or more communications item in response to a recovery event; and a selection pane component for displaying a list of the recovered communications items; and a preview pane component for displaying a preview of a specific recovered communications item from the list. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method of communications, comprising:
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exposing functionality for a conversations environment and a meetings environment in a communications application; displaying a list of items associated with the conversations environment or the meetings environment; initiating a first communications session for a specific item from the list of items; detecting a recovery event for the first communications session; and recovering the first communications session in response to the recovery event. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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