Shared persistent communication thread
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of organizing communications, the method comprising:
- receiving notification of an occurrence of an event;
generating, in response to the notification, a conversation object representing a conversation;
associating a plurality of participants with the conversation;
associating a communication entry with the conversation object, the communication entry having a message for one or more of the participants;
storing the conversation object and the communication entry in persistent memory;
limiting shared access to the conversation object stored in persistent memory to the plurality of participants associated with the conversation; and
assigning a privacy setting to the communication entry to control which participants can learn the contents of the message.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system organizes communications by combining and integrating distinct communication events conducted through diverse communication modes into to a single conversation. Notification of an occurrence of an event is received and, in response to the notification, a conversation object representing a conversation is generated. A plurality of participants is associated with the conversation. A communication entry is associated with the conversation object. The communication entry has a message for at least one of the participants. The conversation object and the communication entry are stored in persistent memory. Shared access to the conversation object stored in persistent memory is limited to the plurality of participants associated with the conversation.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of organizing communications, the method comprising:
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receiving notification of an occurrence of an event; generating, in response to the notification, a conversation object representing a conversation; associating a plurality of participants with the conversation; associating a communication entry with the conversation object, the communication entry having a message for one or more of the participants; storing the conversation object and the communication entry in persistent memory; limiting shared access to the conversation object stored in persistent memory to the plurality of participants associated with the conversation; and assigning a privacy setting to the communication entry to control which participants can learn the contents of the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A conversation application system, comprising:
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a client system executing a conversation application client; a server system executing a conversation application server, the conversation application server communicating with the conversation application client executing on the client system over a network, wherein one of the conversation application client and conversation application server receives notification of an occurrence of an event, generate in response to the notification a conversation object representing a conversation, associate a plurality of participants with the conversation, and associate a communication entry with the conversation object, the communication entry having a message for at least one of the participants, and wherein a privacy setting is assigned to the communication entry to control which participants can learn the contents of the message; and persistent memory in communication with the conversation application server, the persistent memory storing the conversation object and the communication entry, wherein the conversation application server limits shared access to the conversation object stored in the persistent memory to the plurality of participants associated with the conversation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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