US 11,669,674 B1
Document processing service for displaying comments included in messages
Scott M. Johnston, Darien, CT (US); Mandy Richau Sladden, Lafayette, CO (US); Ian Gunn, San Anselmo, CA (US); and Nicholas Cooper, Annandale (AU)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/272,340.
Application 16/272,340 is a continuation of application No. 14/673,809, filed on Mar. 30, 2015, granted, now 10,204,086.
Application 14/673,809 is a continuation of application No. 13/249,442, filed on Sep. 30, 2011, granted, now 8,996,985, issued on Mar. 31, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/453,238, filed on Mar. 16, 2011.
Int. Cl. G06F 40/134 (2020.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06F 40/10 (2020.01)
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)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing an electronic document for display in a graphical user interface (GUI) at a first user device associated with a first user;
receiving a first input related to a portion of the electronic document from the first user device of the first user, wherein the first input comprises a particular symbol followed by one or more characters that represent a second user;
receiving a second input related to the portion of the electronic document from the first user device of the first user, wherein the second input comprises textual input related to the portion of the electronic document;
analyzing, by a processor, the first input related to the portion of the electronic document to determine one or more electronic mail (email) addresses to which an email message corresponding to the electronic document is to be sent, wherein the analyzing the first input comprises:
providing one or more email addresses for presentation at the first user device based on the first input, and
receiving a selection of an email address of the second user from the one or more email addresses presented at the first user device,
wherein the first input and the second input are provided for display in the GUI at the first user device and a copy of the first input and the second input is included in the email message to be sent to a second user device associated with the selected email address;
receiving a user selection indicating a completion of inputs related to the portion of the electronic document;
responsive to receiving the user selection indicating the completion of inputs related to the portion of the electronic document, identifying the email address of the second user; and
responsive to identifying the email address of the second user, causing the email message comprising the copy of the first input and the second input to be sent to the second user device using the email address selected from the one or more email addresses, wherein the email message notifies the second user that the textual input that is related to the portion of the electronic document has been received, and wherein the email message comprises a link to a page that causes a presentation of a comment thread comprising the textual input to be provided to the second user device.