US 11,902,238 B2
Systems and methods for sharing channels in a group-based communication platform
Sufian Rhazi, Brooklyn, NY (US); Pedro Carmo, San Francisco, CA (US); Rachel Lum, Long Island City, NY (US); Wei Tai Ting, New York, NY (US); and Whitney Levine, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Slack Technologies, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Slack Technologies, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/153,240.
Application 18/153,240 is a continuation of application No. 17/239,450, filed on Apr. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,588,779.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224270 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/52 (2022.05) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for sharing group-based communication channels, comprising:
receiving, via a first user interface of a first user device, a first user input grouping a plurality of group-based communication channels into a section, the first user device associated with a first user of a group-based communication platform;
sending, to the first user device, a first interface of the group-based communication platform comprising the section for display via a sidebar of the first interface;
receiving, via the first user interface of the first user device, a second user input posting a message within the group-based communication platform, the message comprising an indication to share the section with at least a second user of the group-based communication platform;
in response to posting the message, sending, for display via a second user interface of a second user device associated with the second user, a second interface of the group-based communication platform comprising the message, the message comprising one or more indications of one or more group-based communication channels of the plurality of group-based communication channels grouped into the section based at least in part on the message comprising the indication to share the section with at least the second user;
receiving, via the second user interface of the second user device, a third user input selecting, from the message, at least one channel of the one or more group-based communication channels; and
in response to the third user input, adding the second user as a member of the selected at least one channel.