The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:

Paul T. Buchheit, Mountain View, CA (US);

Bay-wei W. Chang, Foster City, CA (US);

Jing Yee Lim, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Brian D. Rakowski, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Sanjeev Singh, South San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul T. Buchheit, Mountain View, CA (US);

Bay-Wei W. Chang, Foster City, CA (US);

Jing Yee Lim, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Brian D. Rakowski, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Sanjeev Singh, South San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/16 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A server having one or more processors and memory receives a search query from a client. The server identifies a conversation relevant to the search query, where the conversation has two or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria and a respective conversation identifier. Identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying a conversation that, as a whole, is relevant to the search query. The server returns to the client for display, as a search result for the search query, conversation information corresponding to the identified conversation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…