The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2017
Applicant:

Verizon Media Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Liane Lewin-Eytan, Haifa, IL;

Irena Grabovitch-Zuyev, Haifa, IL;

Noa Avigdor-Elgrabli, Haifa, IL;

Yoelle Maarek, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:

VERIZON MEDIA INC., New York, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/22 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); H04L 51/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with devices, servers and/or platforms. The disclosed systems and methods automatically perform an implicit message search without requiring or actually receiving a user search query. The disclosed search framework automatically identifies of a set of messages in a mailbox that are related to a specific message m, and this message set is presented to the user from within the mailbox. The message set is retrieved without a user formulating and entering a search query, or without having to switch the state of the mailbox. The retrieved messages are provided as a type of 'thread' functionality that provides a 'thread' for those messages having related subject matter to message m.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…