Organizing Conversation Threads Based on Social Information
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- maintaining a plurality of conversation threads in a social networking system, each conversation thread having a differing set of participants and including a collection of messages sent between the set of participants, wherein the participants are users of the social networking system;
generating a message interface that includes a plurality of conversation folders for grouping the conversation threads;
for at least one of the conversation threads, organizing the conversation thread into a folder of the plurality of folders based on social information about a social relationship between a first and second participant of the conversation thread; and
presenting the message interface for display to the first participant of the at least one conversation thread.
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Abstract
A messaging system that organizes and presents messages to users of the messaging system. The messaging system includes a mailbox module that receives messages and generates conversation threads from the messages. Messages received from different electronic message channels may be aggregated into a common conversation thread. The conversation threads are also organized in a message interface and then presented to a user of the messaging system. The messaging system may include a social networking system that stores social information about users, which can be used to organize the conversation threads. Other features include a multi mode message interface, and a method for adding contextual information to messages.
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining a plurality of conversation threads in a social networking system, each conversation thread having a differing set of participants and including a collection of messages sent between the set of participants, wherein the participants are users of the social networking system; generating a message interface that includes a plurality of conversation folders for grouping the conversation threads; for at least one of the conversation threads, organizing the conversation thread into a folder of the plurality of folders based on social information about a social relationship between a first and second participant of the conversation thread; and presenting the message interface for display to the first participant of the at least one conversation thread. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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