US 11,855,953 B2
Methods and apparatuses for managing external approval provisioning and external messaging communication requests in a group-based communication system
Britton Jamison, San Francisco, CA (US); Smruthi Venkatesh, Newark, CA (US); James Barnes, San Francisco, CA (US); and Ryan Morris, Alameda, CA (US)
Assigned to Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/160,798.
Application 18/160,798 is a continuation of application No. 17/588,548, filed on Jan. 31, 2022, granted, now 11,570,134.
Application 17/588,548 is a continuation of application No. 17/317,427, filed on May 11, 2021, granted, now 11,271,891, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Application 17/317,427 is a continuation of application No. 16/825,527, filed on Mar. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,012,445, issued on May 18, 2021.
Application 16/825,527 is a continuation of application No. 16/821,514, filed on Mar. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,265,282, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0171222 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 51/56 (2022.01); H04L 51/18 (2022.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.01); H04L 65/1066 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/146 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/56 (2022.05) [H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.05); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/104 (2013.01); H04L 65/1066 (2013.01); H04L 67/146 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method of facilitating message communications between non-members and members of a communication system, the method comprising:
providing, by the communication system, a group comprising group members,
wherein the group members comprise the members of the communication system and the non-members of the communication system;
receiving, via a member user client device, user input to initiate communications by the communication system;
causing display of a recipient entry field by the member user client device;
receiving, by the recipient entry field, a resource sharing interface request from a sharing member, the resource sharing interface request including:
a member identifier of the sharing member; and
member identifiers and non-member identifiers of the group members,
wherein the member identifiers are indicative of the members of the communication system and the non-member identifiers are indicative of the non-members of the communication system; and
generating a shared group-based communication resource accessible by the group members including the sharing member, the members, and the non-members of the communication system.