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Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2024
Applicant:

Ringcentral, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Van Rensburg, Portland, OR (US);

Kevin Cubba, Pacifica, CA (US);

Assignee:

RingCentral, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/104 (2013.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 12/1831 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving a user indication to create an online collaborative team within an online chat environment. The method further includes receiving a user selection of members for the online collaborative team. The online collaborative team enables the selected members of the online collaborative team to communicate with one another. The online chat environment maintains communication of the members and activities of the members of the online collaborative team. The online chat environment makes the activities and the communication available to the members when the members are within the online chat environment. The method further includes accessing attributes associated with the members of the online collaborative team. The method, responsive to the accessing the attributes associated with the members, determines a privacy setting of the online collaborative team.


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