Fast maneuvering and high-speed data attachments for message services

• US 8,601,079 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rajamanthiram, Ramanathan, Valliappan, Valliappan Chettiar
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Liangche A
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HAO HONG
• Application Number:
  US13/306,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20130138744A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 715/206, 715/752
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes

Abstract

Embodiments are directed towards a message system that stores and tags message attachment files to enable a user to navigate a personalized hierarchical structure of tags (“PHST”) and to select files for attachment to a message. The files may be received as a message attachment sent to the user and/or uploaded by the user as an attachment to a message sent from the user. The tags may include automatic tags determined by the system and/or custom tags defined by the user. The PHST may be provided to the user in a graphical user interface that enables the user to expand and/or collapse tags within levels of tags and to select a tag to attach files associated with the selected tag to a message. In some embodiments, targeted advertisements may be provided to the user based on information associated with the tags.

Claims

1. A network device, comprising:

a storage device for storing one or more files that are associated with a user of at least one client device; and

a processor for enabling actions, the actions comprising;

receiving one or more message file attachments, wherein the one or more message file attachments are associated with the user;

automatically determining one or more automatic tags that are associated with the one or more message file attachments, wherein each of the one or more message file attachments is associated with at least one of the one or more automatic tags;

automatically generating a personalized hierarchical structure of tags (“

PHST”

) from the one or more automatic tags;

receiving, from the user, one or more custom tags for at least one of the one or more message file attachments;

associating the at least one of the one or more message file attachments with the one or more custom tags;

automatically generating at least one custom generated tag using the one or more custom tags;

automatically modifying the PHST to include the at least one custom generated tag within the hierarchy; and

displaying the PHST which separately indicates the one or more automatic tags and the at least one custom generated tag to the user such that the user is enabled to select at least one tag which in turn selects one or more files associated with the selected tag for attachment to a message.

2. The network device of claim 1, wherein the PHST includes at least a first level of tags and a second level of tags.

3. The network device of claim 1, wherein the processor enables further actions, the actions comprising:

receiving, from the user, a request to attach a file to the message;

displaying at least a first level of tags within the PHST to the user;

enabling the user to expand or collapse at least the first level of tags to display at least a second level of tags within the PHST to the user;

receiving, from the user, a tag selection of a tag from within the PHST;

and attaching, to the message, at least one file associated with the selected tag.

4. The network device of claim 3, wherein attaching the at least one file further comprises attaching a plurality of files associated with the selected tag from a plurality of received messages.

5. The network device of claim 3, wherein attaching the at least one file further comprises attaching a plurality of files associated with the selected tag and one or more sublevel tags of the selected tag.

6. The network device of claim 1, wherein the one or more automatic tags are determined from a feature of a message associated with a respective file attachment.

7. The network device of claim 1, wherein the one or more automatic tags are determined from a data type of an associated file.

8. The network device of claim 1, wherein the one or more automatic tags are determined from an application that is utilized to access or execute an associated file.

9. The network device of claim 1, wherein the processor further enables actions, the actions comprising:

receiving a request to delete an association between a file and one or more tags within the PHST; and

deleting the association between the file and the one or more tags.

10. A network device, comprising:

a transceiver for receiving and sending data; and

a graphical user interface that is displayable to a user and coordinated with a processor at the network device configured to enable actions, including;

automatically tagging each of one or more message file attachments with one or more automatic tags;

automatically generating a personalized hierarchical structure of tags (“

PHST”

) from the one or more automatic tags;

associating the at least one of the one or message more file attachments with one or more custom tags received from the user for at least one of the one or more message file attachments;

automatically generating at least one custom generated tag using the one or more custom tags;

automatically modifying the PHST to include the at least one custom generated tag within the hierarchy; and

displaying the PHST which separately indicates the one or more automatic tags and the at least one custom generated tag to the user to enable the user to navigate the PHST and to select at least one tag from the PHST which in turn automatically selects one or more files that are tagged with the at least one selected tag; and

attaching the one or more files to a message.

11. The network device of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to enable further actions, including:

receiving, from the user, a request to attach a file to the message;

receiving a user input configured to modify a display of the PHST such that at least a first level of tags and a second level of tags within the PHST are displayed to the user;

receiving a tag selection from the user; and

attaching, to the message, at least one file that is tagged with the tag selection.

12. The network device of claim 10, wherein the one or more automatic tags are determined from a data type of an associated file.

13. The network device of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to enable further actions, including:

selecting an advertisement based on information associated with at least one of the one or more tags; and

displaying the advertisement to the user.

14. A system for classifying media content, comprising:

at least one network device that manages a communications over a network; and

one or more other network devices each having a processor configured to perform actions, the actions including;

receiving, from a client device, a request to compose a message;

providing, to a client device, a user interface that is configured to enable a user of the client device to compose the message;

receiving, through the user interface, a request to attach a file to the message;

displaying, to the user, a personalized hierarchical structure of tags (“

PHST”

) that is automatically generated from one or more automatic tags that are associated with one or more message file attachments and automatically modified including at least one custom generated tag automatically generated using the one or more custom tags received from the user for the at least one of the one or more message file attachments, where the at least one of the one or more message file attachments is associated with the one or more custom tags, wherein the PHST separately indicates the one or more automatic tags and the at least one custom generated tag;

receiving, from the user, a tag selection of at least one tag from the PHST; and

attaching one or more files that are associated with the tag selection to the message.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more other network devices enables further actions, the actions comprising:

receiving a request to delete an association between a file and one or more tags within the PHST; and

deleting the association between the file and the one or more tags.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more other network devices enables further actions, the actions comprising:

enabling the user to navigate the PHST, including expanding and collapsing at least a first level of tags within the PHST to display at least a second level of tags within the PHST to the user.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more automatic tags are determined from an application that is utilized to access or execute an associated file.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor further enables actions, the actions comprising:

displaying an advertisement to the user, wherein the advertisement is automatically selected based on information associated with at least one or more tags.