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Patent No.:

US 12718001 B1

Date of Patent:

Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2022

Document processing service for displaying comments included in messages

Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Scott M. Johnston, Darien, CT (US);

Mandy Richau Sladden, Lafayette, CO (US);

Ian Gunn, San Anselmo, CA (US);

Nicholas Cooper, Annadale, AU;

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tuyetlien T Tran

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/10 (2020.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/10 (2020.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01);

Abstract

Content of a first comment corresponding to an electronic document provided by an online document service is received from a first client device associated with a first user. The content of the first comment includes a particular symbol followed by one or more characters that represent a second user. The content of the first comment corresponding to the electronic document is analyzed to determine one or more user addresses. A notification indicating the first comment has been received is sent to a second client device associated with the second user using the determined one or more user addresses.

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