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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Rafael Bussioli Alves Correa, Kirkland, WA (US);
Arjun Kumar Kalluri, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael Thomas McLean, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for inviting an external user to join a shared collaborative channel are provided. In particular, a computing device may generate a common channel invitation for one or more users and cause the common channel invitation to be transmitted to the one or more users. The common channel invitation may include an invitation link to a shared collaborative channel and a selectable option to redeem the common channel invitation to the shared collaboration channel. The computing device is further monitor whether the one or more users access the shared collaborative channel via the invitation link, and in response to detecting that at least one of the one or more users is accessing the shared collaborative channel via the invitation link, allow the at least one user to view at least some content of the shared collaborative channel.