Establishing per-page multi-party communication sessions

• US 8,959,151 B1
• Filed: 10/04/2012
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Shlyapnikov, Aleksey
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, THU HA T
• Application Number:
  US13/644,853
• Time in Patent Office: 866 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/204, 709/206, 709/205, 707/734
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0879 Manual configuration through operator
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A system and method for providing per-page multi-party communication sessions to users are disclosed. The system includes a communication module and a session module. The communication module receives page identification data identifying a web page navigated to by a user. The session module determines a multi-party communication session associated with the web page based at least in part on the page identification data and attribute data describing a communication attribute. The session module adds the user to the multi-party communication session associated with the web page.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving configuration data from a user;

configuring one or more communication attributes for the user based at least in part on the configuration data;

storing attribute data describing the one or more communication attributes in a storage device;

receiving page identification data identifying a first web page navigated to by the user;

transforming the page identification data to one or more session identifiers associated with the first web page;

identifying one or more multi-party communication sessions associated with the first web page using the one or more session identifiers;

determining a first multi-party communication session for the user from the one or more multi-party communication sessions based at least in part on the attribute data;

adding the user to the determined multi-party communication session associated with the first web page;

determining that the user exits the first web page and navigates to a second web page;

responsive to the user exiting the first web page, disconnecting the user from the first communication session associated with the first web page;

responsive to the user navigating to the second web page, determining a second multi-party communication session associated with the second web page based at least in part on the attribute data and page identification data identifying the second web page; and

adding the user to the second multi-party communication session associated with the second web page.

2. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving page identification data identifying a first web page navigated to by a user;

determining a first multi-party communication session associated with the first web page based at least in part on the page identification data and attribute data describing one or more communication attributes;

adding the user to the first multi-party communication session associated with the first web page;

determining that the user exits the first web page and navigates to a second web page;

responsive to the user exiting the first web page, disconnecting the user from the first communication session associated with the first web page;

responsive to the user navigating to the second web page, determining a second multi-party communication session associated with the second web page based at least in part on the attribute data and page identification data identifying the second web page; and

adding the user to the second multi-party communication session associated with the second web page.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the first multi-party communication session comprises:

transforming the page identification data identifying the first web page to a session identifier that identifies the first multi-party communication session associated with the first web page; and

identifying the first multi-party communication session using the session identifier.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the first multi-party communication session comprises:

transforming the page identification data identifying the first web page to one or more session identifiers associated with the first web page;

identifying one or more multi-party communication sessions associated with the first web page using the one or more session identifiers; and

selecting the first multi-party communication session from the one or more multi-party communication sessions based at least in part on the one or more communication attributes.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving configuration data from the user; and

configuring the one or more communication attributes based at least in part on the configuration data.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the first multi-party communication session is identified by a session identifier.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the session identifier is an identifier identifying an address associated with the first web page.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the session identifier is a transformation of an address associated with the first web page.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more communication attributes are associated with one of a location, an interest, a relationship in a social graph and demographic information.

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a signal indicating that the user exits navigating the first web page; and

disconnecting the user from the first multi-party communication session associated with the first web page responsive to receiving the signal.

11. The method of claim 2, further comprising communicating users who visit the first web page in the first multi-party communication session associated with the first web page.

12. A system comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

a communication module for receiving page identification data identifying a first web page navigated to by a user; and

a session module communicatively coupled to the communication module, the session module for determining a first multi-party communication session associated with the first web page based at least in part on the page identification data and attribute data describing one or more communication attributes, adding the user to the first multi-party communication session associated with the first web page, determining that the user exits the first web page and navigates to a second web page, responsive to the user exiting the first web page, disconnecting the user from the first communication session associated with the first web page, responsive to the user navigating to the second web page, determining a second multi-party communication session associated with the second web page based at least in part on the attribute data and page identification data identifying the second web page, and adding the user to the second multi-party communication session associated with the second web page.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the session module is configured to:

transform the page identification data identifying the first web page to a session identifier that identifies the first multi-party communication session associated with the first web page; and

identify the first multi-party communication session using the session identifier.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the session module is configured to:

transform the page identification data identifying the first web page to one or more session identifiers associated with the first web page;

identify one or more multi-party communication sessions associated with the first web page using the one or more session identifiers; and

select the first multi-party communication session from the one or more multi-party communication sessions based at least in part on the one or more communication attributes.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the communication module is configured to receive configuration data from the user and further comprising a configuration module for configuring the one or more communication attributes based at least in part on the configuration data.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the first multi-party communication session is identified by a session identifier.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the session identifier is an identifier identifying an address associated with the first web page.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the session identifier is a transformation of an address associated with the first web page.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more communication attributes are associated with one of a location, an interest, a relationship in a social graph and demographic information.

20. The system of claim 12, wherein the communication module is configured to receive a signal indicating that the user exits navigating the first web page, and the session module is configured to disconnect the user from the first multi-party communication session associated with the first web page responsive to receiving the signal.