System and method for targeting information based on message content in a reply

• US 8,521,823 B1
• Filed: 09/03/2010
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Chen, Stanley, Sheinberg, Alan B.
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US12/875,621
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/214, 709/217, 709/231, 709/203, 709/227, 709/246
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0244 Optimization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0278 Product appraisal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes

Abstract

A method of presenting information to a party through a messaging application is described. Responsive to receipt of a communication from a party (e.g., the first user), a reply is sent. The communication and the reply is presented in an interface to the sender. The messaging system determines matching content that is relevant to one or both of the communication and the reply and determines a quality of the match. Determining the quality of the match may include determining a score for an advertisement based on the advertisement'"'"'s responsiveness to content identified in the reply message that was sent. Based on a determination that the quality is above a threshold, the matching content is presented along with the communication and the reply.

Claims

1. A method performed by one or more processing devices, the method comprising:

receiving a reply to a communication;

determining content that is relevant to one or more of the communication or the reply;

determining a quality of the content;

determination determining that the quality is above a threshold value;

selecting the content for display with the reply in a graphical user interface, with selecting based on determining that the quality is above the threshold value; and

generating data for the graphical user interface that when rendered on a client device comprises;

a content view for display of the content selected; and

a conversation view for display of the reply;

wherein the content view is positioned proximate to the conversation view in the graphical user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the content is relevant comprises:

determining that the content is relevant based on keywords derived from one or more of the communication or the reply.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises an advertisement.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises active content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the content is relevant comprises:

determining reply content associated with the reply; and

determining that the content is relevant based on the reply content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the content is relevant comprises:

determining reply content associated with the reply and communication content associated with the communication;

applying a weighting to a criteria defining a contribution of the reply content to the reply and the communication content to the communication; and

determining, based on applying, that the content is relevant.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the quality is above the threshold value comprises:

determining a quality score for the content; and

determining that the quality score is above the threshold value.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the content view positioned proximate to the conversation view comprises the content view positioned between the communication and the reply in the conversation view.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the data for the graphical user interface to a device of a user that sent the reply.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the data for the graphical user interface to a device of a user receiving the reply.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the content view positioned proximate to the conversation view comprises the content view positioned above and adjacent to a display of the reply that has been sent in the conversation view.

12. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving a reply to a communication;

determining content that is relevant to one or more of the communication or the reply;

determining a quality of the content;

determining that the quality is above a threshold value;

selecting the content for display with the reply in a graphical user interface, with selecting based on determining that the quality is above the threshold value; and

generating data for the graphical user interface that when rendered on a client device includes;

a content view for display of the content selected; and

a conversation view for display of the reply;

wherein the content view is positioned proximate to the conversation view in the graphical user interface.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein determining that the content is relevant comprises:

determining that the content is relevant based on keywords derived from one or more of the communication or the reply.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the content comprises an advertisement.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the content comprises active content.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein determining that the content is relevant comprises:

determining reply content associated with the reply; and

determining that the content is relevant based on the reply content.

13. A system comprising:

one or more processing devices; and

one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that are executable by the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a reply to a communication;

determining content that is relevant to one or more of the communication or the reply;

determining a quality of the content;

determining that the quality is above a threshold value;

selecting the content for display with the reply in a graphical user interface, with selecting based on determining that the quality is above the threshold value; and

generating data for the graphical user interface that when rendered on a client device comprises;

a content view for display of the content selected; and

a conversation view for display of the reply;

wherein the content view is positioned proximate to the conversation view in the graphical user interface.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein determining that the content is relevant comprises:

determining that the content is relevant based on keywords derived from one or more of the communication or the reply.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the content comprises an advertisement.