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METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING EXTERNALLY SHARED COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

  • US 20190026298A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2017
  • Published: 01/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for creating an externally shared communication channel in a group-based communication platform, the group-based communication platform having a plurality of database shards, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, from a first client device associated with an initiator group identification, a shared communication channel generation query associated with the initiator group identification and a target group identification;

    generating, in the group-based communication platform, a shared communication channel shard, wherein the shared communication channel shard is assigned a shared communication channel identification, and the group-based communication platform includes a first database shard associated with the initiator group identification and a second database shard associated with the target group identification;

    transmitting, to a second client device associated with the target group identification, a shared communication channel acceptance request, wherein the shared communication channel acceptance request is associated with the shared communication channel identification;

    receiving a shared communication channel acceptance notification, wherein the shared communication channel acceptance notification includes an electronic approval to associate the shared communication channel identification with the target group identification;

    updating, in a main database, a shard referential table based on the initiator group identification, the target group identification, and the shared communication channel identification; and

    transmitting, to each of the first client device and the second client device, an externally shared group-based shared communication channel interface of the shared communication channel based on the shared communication channel shard.

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