SEARCHABLE PEER-TO-PEER SYSTEM THROUGH INSTANT MESSAGING BASED TOPIC INDEXES

• US 20170063747A1
• Filed: 10/17/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Chung, Albert A., Gadepalli, Venkata V., Osowski, Richard E. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 10,200,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3331 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90335 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention, a computer receives, on a first computer, a request to locate a topic. The computer determines a second computer to query for the topic. The computer queries the second computer for the topic. The computer receives identification information of participants of an instant messaging conversation corresponding to the topic. The computer stores, on the first computer, the identification information of the participants and indexing the stored identification information by the topic.

Claims

1. A method for locating information, the method comprising:

receiving a transcript from a first client device, the transcript generated by a first user of the first client device, the first user having contact information;

determining a topic of the transcript based on one or more key words of the transcript;

storing the transcript and the contact information of the first user in an index associated with the topic;

receiving a search request from a second user device, the second user device associated with a second user, and the search request specifying the topic;

initializing a search for the topic in response to the receiving the search request, the initializing the search including accessing the index associated with the topic;

retrieving the transcript from the index based on the search; and

facilitating a conversation between the first user and the second user based on the contact information.

2. The method for locating information of claim 1, wherein the determining the topic of the transcript further comprises:

receiving a selection of the topic through a graphical user interface displayed at the first client device.

3. The method for locating information of claim 2, wherein the determining the topic of the transcript further comprises:

prompting the first user via a graphical user interface to identify the topic.

4. The method for locating information of claim 1, wherein the determining the topic of the transcript further comprises:

comparing the one or more key words of the transcript against a predetermined list of topics; and

identifying the topic from among the predetermined list of topics based on the comparison

5. The method for locating information of claim 1, wherein the determining the topic of the transcript further comprises:

identifying a most common word among the one or more key words of the transcript; and

assigning the most common word among the one or more key words of the transcript as the topic.

6. The method for locating information of claim 1, wherein the contact information includes an interne protocol address.

7. The method for locating information of claim 1, wherein the index is associated with the second user based on a social network connection.

8. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory memory storing instructions that configure the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving a transcript from a first client device, the transcript generated by a first user of the first client device, the first user having contact information;

determining a topic of the transcript based on one or more key words of the transcript;

storing the transcript and the contact information of the first user in an index associated with the topic;

receiving a search request from a second user device, the second user device associated with a second user, and the search request specifying the topic;

initializing a search for the topic in response to the receiving the search request, the initializing the search including accessing the index associated with the topic;

retrieving the transcript from the index based on the search; and

facilitating a conversation between the first user and the second user based on the contact information.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions for the determining the topic of the transcript configure the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a selection of the topic through a graphical user interface displayed at the first client device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions for the determining the topic of the transcript configure the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising:

prompting the first user via a graphical user interface to identify the topic.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions for the determining the topic of the transcript configure the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising:

comparing the one or more key words of the transcript against a predetermined list of topics; and

identifying the topic from among the predetermined list of topics based on the comparison.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions for the determining the topic of the transcript configure the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising:

identifying a most common word among the one or more key words of the transcript; and

assigning the most common word among the one or more key words of the transcript as the topic.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the contact information includes an interne protocol address.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the index is associated with the second user based on a social network connection.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a transcript from a first client device, the transcript generated by a first user of the first client device, the first user having contact information;

determining a topic of the transcript based on one or more key words of the transcript;

storing the transcript and the contact information of the first user in an index associated with the topic;

receiving a search request from a second user device, the second user device associated with a second user, and the search request specifying the topic;

initializing a search for the topic in response to the receiving the search request, the initializing the search including accessing the index associated with the topic;

retrieving the transcript from the index based on the search; and

facilitating a conversation between the first user and the second user based on the contact information.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions for the determining the topic of the transcript cause the machine to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a selection of the topic through a graphical user interface displayed at the first client device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions for the determining the topic of the transcript cause the machine to perform operations further comprising:

prompting the first user via a graphical user interface to identify the topic.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions for the determining the topic of the transcript cause the machine to perform operations further comprising:

comparing the one or more key words of the transcript against a predetermined list of topics; and

identifying the topic from among the predetermined list of topics based on the comparison.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions for the determining the topic of the transcript cause the machine to perform operations further comprising:

identifying a most common word among the one or more key words of the transcript; and

assigning the most common word among the one or more key words of the transcript as the topic.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the contact information includes an interne protocol address.