US 12,074,833 B2
Methods and apparatus for determining non-textual reply content for inclusion in a reply to an electronic communication
Balint Miklos, Zurich (CH); Ijeoma Emeagwali, San Francisco, CA (US); Phillip Sharp, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Prabhakar Raghavan, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,206.
Application 18/106,206 is a continuation of application No. 17/148,265, filed on Jan. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,575,628.
Application 17/148,265 is a continuation of application No. 16/584,178, filed on Sep. 26, 2019, granted, now 10,917,371, issued on Feb. 9, 2021.
Application 16/584,178 is a continuation of application No. 15/994,789, filed on May 31, 2018, granted, now 10,454,861, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Application 15/994,789 is a continuation of application No. 14/986,643, filed on Jan. 1, 2016, granted, now 10,021,051, issued on Jul. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0188489 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/08 (2022.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); H04L 51/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/08 (2013.01) [G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:
identifying, from an electronic communication sent by a sending user to a recipient user:
a sender identifier of the sending user, and
a communication feature determined based on an n-gram from a subject or a body of the electronic communication;
issuing a search, of one or more corpuses of electronic documents, using, as search parameters for the search:
both the sender identifier and the communication feature;
selecting one or more electronic documents based on the electronic documents being responsive to the search that is based on both the sender identifier and the communication feature;
causing a selectable attachment graphical element, associated with the one or more electronic documents, to be presented, at a client device of the user, along with presentation of the electronic communication and before the user has provided any content for replying to the electronic communication; and
responsive to a selection, at the client device, of the selectable attachment graphical element while it is presented:
automatically attaching the one or more electronic documents to a reply electronic communication that is a reply to the electronic communication, and/or
automatically incorporating a link to the one or more electronic documents into the reply electronic communication.