US 12,069,054 B2
Converting private channels to public channels
Bradford Parker Monroe, II, Washington, DC (US); Ittai Sean Barzilay, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Demmer, San Francisco, CA (US); Elizabeth Clemenson, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Sullivan, Wellesley, MA (US); Ryan Greenberg, Montclair, NJ (US); Sivapriyan Sivakumaran, San Francisco, CA (US); and Andrew S. Morrison, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Saleforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127356 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/10 (2013.01) [G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, implemented at least in part by one or more computing devices of a communication platform, the method comprising:
receiving, in association with a private channel associated with two or more users of the communication platform, a request to convert the private channel to a public channel, wherein the private channel is associated with a first discoverability setting such that the private channel is not discoverable by users of a workspace other than the two or more users associated with the private channel;
initiating, based at least in part on receiving the request to convert the private channel to the public channel, an approval workflow that provides, to the two or more users, at least one of a first option to approve or oppose conversion of the private channel to the public channel or a second option to identify content within the private channel that is to be unviewable by the users of the workspace; and
based at least in part on receiving the request to convert the private channel to the public channel and the approval workflow, modifying the first discoverability setting associated with the private channel, wherein based at least in part on the modifying of the first discoverability setting, the public channel is associated with a second discoverability setting such that the public channel is discoverable by any user associated with the workspace.