US 11,991,124 B2
Chat-enabled messaging
Julio Estrada, Bellevue, WA (US); Nagalinga Raju Samuthirapandi, Redmond, WA (US); Chowdhury Sucharit Barua, Redmond, WA (US); Vasant Kumar Tiwari, Redmond, WA (US); and Lei Yu, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/122,386.
Application 17/122,386 is a continuation of application No. 15/831,293, filed on Dec. 4, 2017, granted, now 10,897,432.
Prior Publication US 2021/0105232 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06Q 30/016 (2023.01); H04L 51/02 (2022.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/18 (2022.01); H04L 51/56 (2022.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.01); H04L 67/564 (2022.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/02 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/016 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 51/56 (2022.05); H04L 51/58 (2022.05); H04L 67/564 (2022.05); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04L 63/0884 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a messaging service, a message relating to a conversation, wherein the message includes an access point to a chatbot service;
causing a display of a selectable user interface element, corresponding to the access point, within the message;
receiving a selection of the user interface element corresponding to the access point from within the message;
extracting context data from the message;
providing the context data to the chatbot service; and
based on receiving the selection of the user interface element corresponding to the access point, establishing a chat session with the chatbot service based on the context data, wherein the chat session is a continuation of the conversation.