×

Systems and methods for re-ranking displayed conversations

  • US 9,734,216 B2
  • Filed: 10/16/2013
  • Issued: 08/15/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method comprising:

  • at a conversation-based messaging system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors;

    storing a plurality of conversations, wherein each respective conversation in the plurality of conversations has a corresponding conversation identifier and comprises one or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria;

    receiving a search query from a user at a remote computer, wherein the search query specifies a target date/time;

    identifying a subset of conversations from the plurality of conversations, wherein each conversation in the subset includes one or more messages satisfying the search query, and wherein the subset comprises at least a first conversation and a second conversation; and

    ;

    sending information to the remote computer that identifies the subset and provides sufficient information to rank the conversations in the subset according to a respective date/time value of each conversation, wherein the respective date/time value of each conversation is based on a respective length of time between the target date/time and the date/time of each message in the conversation, and wherein the first conversation in the subset is ranked higher than the second conversation in the subset.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×