US 11,855,975 B2
Conversation merging for electronic devices
Nicholas Joseph Circosta, Mountain View, CA (US); Patrick Burns, San Jose, CA (US); Bhaskar Sarma, Santa Clara, CA (US); Daniel B. Pollack, San Jose, CA (US); Liang Qu, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Kevin Lindeman, Morgan Hill, CA (US); and Roberto Garcia, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,708.
Application 17/988,708 is a continuation of application No. 17/222,922, filed on Apr. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,533,303.
Application 17/222,922 is a continuation of application No. 16/147,553, filed on Sep. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,972,454, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/677,627, filed on May 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0077126 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 51/42 (2022.01); H04L 51/56 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0815 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 51/42 (2022.05); H04L 51/56 (2022.05)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating a messaging alias for a user account, the messaging alias different from a first account alias for the user account to prevent exposing account information of the user account to another user device;
storing the messaging alias in association with the user account; and
facilitating, based on at least the messaging alias, messaging between a user device associated with the user account and the other user device.