US 11,729,226 B2
Seamless communication resource transition between a group-based communication system and an external communication system
Roland Schemers, Woodside, CA (US); James McPhail, San Francisco, CA (US); and Matthew Wahl, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to SlackTechnologies, LLC
Filed by Slack Technologies, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,595.
Application 17/942,595 is a continuation of application No. 17/020,049, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,470,126.
Application 17/020,049 is a continuation of application No. 16/264,100, filed on Jan. 31, 2019, granted, now 10,805,362, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012993 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1083 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/1096 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/1086 (2013.01) [H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1096 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transmitting a communication resource between an external communications system to a group-based communication system, comprising:
causing display of a first sharing user interface element on a first user interface, the first user interface configured to display an email message;
responsive to a first selection of the first sharing user interface element, causing display of a visual representation, on the first user interface, for transmitting the email message to a recipient,
wherein the visual representation comprises a second sharing user interface element and a plurality of settings for configuring display of the email message in the group-based communication system,
wherein the plurality of settings is determined based in part on a resource type of the email message,
wherein each setting of the plurality of settings is set to a recommended value based in part on the email message; and
responsive to a second selection of the second sharing user interface element, transmitting the email message for display in the group-based communication system based on the plurality of settings.