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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jennifer W. Lin, San Jose, CA (US);

Ping Wu, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method is disclosed for converting electronic messages to message posts. An electronic message client may be integrated with a social network. An electronic message composed using the electronic message service may be designated for one or more recipients who are also members of a social network associated with a sender of the electronic message. On determining that the one or more recipients are members of the social network; at least a portion of the electronic message may be provided as a message post to a message stream associated with the one or more recipients.


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