Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Zhen Zhu

Amer A Hassan

Eric Edmond Thomasian

A method and system for providing a command-based communication are disclosed, comprising identifying a target user from a user database based on parsed entries subsequent to an action command in a compose field of a group thread, receiving a user selection of one of two operation modes in which the system operates, including a fork mode and a notification mode, and responsive to the user selection selecting the fork mode, creating and transmitting a fork communication thread between the user and a second user, the fork communication thread diverging from the group thread.

Command based communication

A method and system for providing a common group suggestion as a recipient of a message in a communication service are disclosed, comprising receiving a request to create a message, receiving first and second recipients of the message, identifying one or more common groups of a communication service based on received first and second recipients of the message, receiving a selection of one or more of the identified common groups, and transmitting a message to the selected common group.

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Zhen Zhu