Active e-mails

• US 8,621,012 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2010
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Jackson, Todd, Perlow, Jonathan D., Ho, Edward S., Bunner, Andrew A., Wong, Henry Y., Cohen, David M., Dibello, Bruce J., Pongsajapan, John, Kowitz, Braden F., Barry, Patrick A., Leggett, Michael H.
• Primary Examiner(s): BURGESS, BARBARA N
• Application Number:
  US12/702,073
• Publication Number:
  US 20110196933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,422 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/204, 709/206, 709/207, 709/217, 709/219
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• 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 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A computer-implemented method can include accessing a micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread and delivering the real-time copy of the micro-blog thread for display in an e-mail message.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of delivering content from a micro-blog to an e-mail message in a user'"'"'s e-mail, the method comprising:

a client system providing an e-mail message associated with a thread in a micro-blog to a user'"'"'s e-mail, the e-mail message including a first set of micro-blog entries;

receiving a request from the user to view the e-mail message associated with the thread in the micro-blog;

in response to the request, accessing the micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread;

updating the body of the e-mail message based on the accessed real-time copy of the micro-blog thread to include a second set of micro-blog entries that includes updates to the micro-blog thread inline with one or more micro-blog entries included in the first set of micro-blog entries; and

updating, in real time, micro-blog entries rendered in the e-mail based on updates to the thread in the micro-biog.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the e-mail message includes an embedded dynamic object associated with the thread in the micro-blog and accessing the micro-blog comprises accessing the micro-blog based on the embedded dynamic object.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating entries to the micro-blog thread based on received user input from the user'"'"'s e-mail application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein updating entries to the micro-blog thread based on received user input from the user'"'"'s e-mail application comprises:

providing a text entry box associated with the e-mail message;

receiving a user input from the text entry box; and

in response to the received user input, posting the received user input to the micro-blog.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising, in response to a user selection of an image displaying an increased size view of the image.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving a search request from a user and searching micro-blog threads based on the received search.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein updating entries to the micro-blog thread based on received user input from the user'"'"'s e-mail application comprises:

providing a link in the e-mail message configured to enable a user to provide a ‘

like’

indication by selection of the link;

receiving a ‘

like’

indication from the user; and

posting the ‘

like’

indication to the micro-blog.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the user to view the video inline with the e-mail message.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying images associated with the micro-blog entry inline with the e-mail message.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering micro-blog entries to determine a subset of entries to deliver as e-mail messages to a particular user.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a static copy of the micro-blog thread.

12. An electronic system for delivering content from a micro-blog to an e-mail message in a user'"'"'s e-mail, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to;

provide an e-mail message associated with a thread in a micro-blog to a user'"'"'s e-mail, the e-mail message including a first set of micro-blog entries;

receive a request from the user to view the e-mail message associated with the thread in the micro-blog;

in response to the request, access the micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread;

updating the body of the e-mail message based on the accessed real-time copy of the micro-blog thread to include a second set of micro-blog entries that includes updates to the micro-blog thread inline with one or more micro-blog entries included in the first set of micro-blog entries; and

updating, in real time, micro-blog entries rendered in the e-mail based on updates to the thread in the micro-blog.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the e-mail message includes an embedded dynamic object associated with the thread in the micro-blog and the processor is configured to access the micro-blog based on the embedded dynamic object.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to update, in real time, micro-blog entries rendered in the e-mail based on updates to the thread in the micro-blog.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to:

provide a text entry box associated with the e-mail message;

receive a user input from the text entry box; and

in response to the received user input, post the received user input to the micro-blog.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to:

provide a link in the e-mail message configured to enable a user to provide a ‘

like’

indication by selection of the link;

receive a ‘

like’

indication from the user; and

in response to the received user input, post the ‘

like’

indication to the micro-blog.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to enable the user to view the video inline with the e-mail message.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to store a static copy of the micro-blog thread and access the stored copy of the micro-blog thread in response to a search request.

19. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing an e-mail message associated with a thread in a micro-blog to a user'"'"'s e-mail, the e-mail message including a micro-blog entry the email including two different e-mail parts including a first part configured to display static content and a second part configured to render interactive content, the e-mail message including a first set of micro-blog entries;

generating a snippet view of the e-mail message based on the first part;

receiving a request from the user to view the e-mail message associated with the thread in the micro-blog;

in response to the request, accessing the micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread;

updating the body of the e-mail message based on the accessed micro-blog to include a second set of micro-blog entries that includes updates to the micro-blog thread in line with one or more micro-blog entries included in the first set of micro-blog entries; and

updating, in real time, micro-blog entries rendered in the e-mail based on updates to the thread in the micro-biog.