Patent ID: 11870782
Assignee: SALESFORCE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method, implemented by one or more computing devices of a group-based communication platform, comprising:
receiving, from a first client of a first user of the group-based communication platform that is accessible by a plurality of users, a first request to associate a second user with a communication channel associated with the first user, wherein the second user is an external user that is unassociated with the communication channel based at least in part on one or more permissions associated with the communication channel, wherein the communication channel facilitates posting of textual messages by members of the communication channel pursuant to the one or more permissions associated with the communication channel, and wherein the first user is associated with a first identifier of a first organization or a first team of the first organization and the second user is associated with a second identifier of a second organization different than the first organization or a second team, different than the first team, of the first organization;
sending, to a second client of the second user, an invitation to join the communication channel;
in response to receiving, from the second client, an indication of an acceptance of the invitation, associating at least the second user with the communication channel, wherein based at least in part on associating the second user with the communication channel, the second user becomes a member of the communication channel and is associated with the communication channel;
receiving, from the second client, a second request to associate one or more other users with the communication channel; and
associating the one or more other users with the communication channel based at least in part on the one or more permissions associated with the communication channel.