Associating a segment of an electronic message with one or more segment addressees

• US 10,069,784 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2016
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Pellicer, Edgar Gonzalez, Subramanya, Amarnag
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Viet D
• Application Number:
  US15/331,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20170070469A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/289 Phrasal analysis, e.g. finite state techniques or chunking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/295 Named entity recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

Methods and apparatus related to associating a segment of an electronic message with one or more segment addressees. One or more message addressees of an electronic message may be identified, the one or more message addressees identifying at least one recipient of the electronic message. A segment of the electronic message may be identified via one or more processors. One or more segment addressees may be determined from the at least one recipient, the one or more segment addressees identifying an addressee for the identified segment. One or more aspects of the segment may be associated with the one or more segment addressees. An indication pertaining to the one or more aspects of the segment may be provided to the one or more segment addressees.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a plurality of recipients of a transmitted electronic message;

identifying, by one or more of the processors,

a task included in a textual segment of the electronic message, and

an additional task included in an additional textual segment of the electronic message;

determining, by one or more of the processors, that a group of one or more of the recipients is associated with the task, wherein the group is a subset of the recipients, and wherein determining that the group is associated with the task comprises;

identifying a textual given noun phrase associated with the segment that includes the task,

determining a coreference resolution for the given noun phrase, and

determining that the group is associated with the task based on the coreference resolution of the given noun phrase;

determining, by one or more of the processors, that an additional group of one or more of the recipients is associated with the additional task, wherein the additional group is another subset of the recipients that varies from the group, and wherein determining that the additional group is associated with the additional task comprises;

identifying a textual additional noun phrase associated with the additional segment that includes the additional task,

determining an additional coreference resolution for the additional noun phrase, and

determining that the additional group is associated with the additional task based on the additional coreference resolution of the additional noun phrase;

by one or more of the processors in response to determining that the group is associated with the task;

providing, for presentation to the one or more recipients of the group determined to be associated with the task, the electronic message with;

the given noun phrase and the segment, and

an indication pertaining to the one or more aspects of the task included in the segment; and

by one or more of the processors in response to determining that the additional group is associated with the additional task;

providing, for presentation to the one or more recipients of the additional group determined to be associated with the additional task, the electronic message with;

the additional given noun phrase and the additional segment, and

an additional indication pertaining to the additional task included in the additional segment;

wherein the electronic message is provided for presentation, to each of the recipients that are not in the determined group, without providing the indication, and

wherein the electronic message is provided for presentation, to each of the recipients that are not in the determined additional group, without providing the additional indication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the indication comprises highlighting the segment of the electronic message for the one or more recipients of the group determined to be associated with the task.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the indication comprises providing a reminder notification pertaining to the task to the one or more recipients of the group determined to be associated with the task.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the indication comprises providing steps to complete the task to the one or more recipients of the group determined to be associated with the task.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the coreference resolution for the given noun phrase includes learning a coreference embedding for the given noun phrase.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein learning the coreference embedding is based on generating at least one feature representation of the given noun phrase.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one feature representation of the given noun phrase includes a feature representation of the given noun phrase as a vocative noun phrase.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the segment of the electronic message is based on identification of one or more of a paragraph break and a line break.

9. A system, comprising:

memory storing instructions;

one or more processors executing the instructions stored in the memory to;

provide an electronic message to each of a plurality of recipients, the electronic message including a textual given noun phrase and a textual segment for presentation to each of the recipients;

identify;

a task included in the segment of the electronic message, and an additional task included in an additional textual segment of the electronic message;

determine that a group of one or more of the recipients is associated with the task, wherein the group is a subset of the recipients, and wherein in determining that the group is associated with the task one or more of the processors are to;

identify that the given noun phrase is associated with the segment that includes the task,

determine a coreference resolution for the given noun phrase, and

determine that the group is associated with the task based on the coreference resolution of the given noun phrase;

determine that an additional group of one or more of the recipients is associated with the additional task, wherein the additional group is another subset of the recipients that varies from the group, and wherein in determining that the additional group is associated with the additional task one or more of the processors are to;

identify a textual additional noun phrase associated with the additional segment that includes the additional task,

determine an additional coreference resolution for the additional noun phrase, and

determine that the additional group is associated with the additional task based on the additional coreference resolution of the additional noun phrase;

in response to determining that the group is associated with the task;

provide, for presentation to only the one or more recipients of the group determined to be associated with the task, an indication pertaining to the one or more aspects of the task included in the segment, wherein in providing the indication the one or more processors are to provide the segment with highlighting that visually distinguishes the segment; and

in response to determining that the additional group is associated with the additional task;

provide, for presentation to only the one or more recipients of the additional group determined to be associated with the additional task, an additional indication pertaining to the one or more aspects of the additional task included in the additional segment, wherein in providing the additional indication the one or more processors are to provide the additional segment with highlighting that visually distinguishes the additional segment.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein in providing the indication the one or more processors are to further provide a reminder notification pertaining to the task to the one or more recipients of the group determined to be associated with the task.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein in providing the indication the one or more processors are to further provide steps to complete the task to the one or more recipients of the group determined to be associated with the task.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein in determining the coreference resolution for the given noun phrase one or more of the processors are to learn a coreference embedding for the given noun phrase.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein in learning the coreference embedding one or more of the processors are to learn the coreference embedding based on generating at least one feature representation of the given noun phrase.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one feature representation of the given noun phrase includes a feature representation of the given noun phrase as a vocative noun phrase.

15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a plurality of recipients of a transmitted electronic message;

identifying, by one or more of the processors, a textual segment of the electronic message, and an additional task included in an additional textual segment of the electronic message;

determining, by one or more of the processors, that at least one recipient of the recipients is associated with the segment, wherein determining that the at least one recipient is associated with the segment comprises;

identifying a textual given noun phrase associated with the segment,

determining a coreference resolution for the given noun phrase, and

determining that the at least one recipient is associated with the segment based on the coreference resolution of the given noun phrase;

determining, by one or more of the processors, that at least one additional recipient of one or more of the recipients is associated with the additional task, wherein determining that the additional recipient is associated with the additional task comprises;

identifying a textual additional noun phrase associated with the additional segment that includes the additional task,

determining an additional coreference resolution for the additional noun phrase, and

determining that the additional recipient is associated with the additional task based on the additional coreference resolution of the additional noun phrase;

providing, by one or more of the processors for presentation to the at least one recipient determined to be associated with the segment, an indication that is based on the segment,

wherein the indication is provided to the at least one recipient based on determining that the at least one recipient is associated with the segment,

wherein the indication is provided to the at least one recipient without being provided to one or more other of the recipients not determined to be associated with the segment; and

providing, by one or more of the processors for presentation to the additional recipient determined to be associated with the additional segment, an additional indication that is based on the additional segment,

wherein the additional indication is provided to the additional recipient based on determining that the additional recipient is associated with the additional segment, and

wherein the additional indication is provided to the additional recipient without being provided to one or more other of the recipients not determined to be associated with the additional segment.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the indication comprises highlighting the segment of the electronic message for the at least one recipient determined to be associated with the segment.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the indication comprises providing a reminder notification, pertaining to a task associated with the segment, to the at least one recipient determined to be associated with the segment.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the indication comprises providing steps to complete a task associated with the segment, to the at least one recipient determined to be associated with the segment.