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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Amer Aref Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eric Edmond Thomasian, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Zhen Zhu, Coquitlam, CA;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
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.