PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION AND ENABLING GROUP COMMUNICATION FOR PARTICIPANTS IN A CONVERSATION

• Main Authors: MCDONALD, PAUL, MORELL, RIDEOUT, ARIEL, LAUREN, HYDER, ZOHAIR, BILLS, STEVEN, HENRY, KHOMENKO, MARIA, CORNWELL, JASON, BRIGGS, STRIEBECK, MARK, TREITEL, RICHARD, JAMES, GRAY, JAMISON, RICHARD, PALAY, ANDREW, JAMES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 18.02.2015
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Configurations for providing a widget that displays participants involved in the conversation thread and provides different graphical elements (e.g., buttons) to initiate one click actions to start a group chat, create a meeting on each participant's calendar, or start a new conversation thread. In the case of the group chat, the subject technology can include the contents of the group chat session as an additional electronic message in the conversation thread. In one example, the widget is implemented as a floating toolbar that can be positioned in the user interface while in the conversation thread view.