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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Providing contextual information and enabling group communication for participants in a conversation
Ariel Lauren Rideout, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Henry Bills, Mountain View, CA (US);
Maria Khomenko, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew James Palay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Briggs Cornwell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Striebeck, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Morell Mcdonald, Danville, CA (US);
Zohair Hyder, San Mateo, CA (US);
Richard James Treitel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jamison Richard Gray, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ariel Lauren Rideout, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Henry Bills, Mountain View, CA (US);
Maria Khomenko, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew James Palay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Briggs Cornwell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Striebeck, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Morell McDonald, Danville, CA (US);
Zohair Hyder, San Mateo, CA (US);
Richard James Treitel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jamison Richard Gray, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Configurations for providing a widget that displays participants involved in the conversation thread and provides different graphical elements (e.g., buttons) to initiate one click actions to start a group chat, create a meeting on each participant's calendar, or start a new conversation thread. In the case of the group chat, the subject technology can include the contents of the group chat session as an additional electronic message in the conversation thread. In one example, the widget is implemented as a floating toolbar that can be positioned in the user interface while in the conversation thread view.