Patent ID: 11929964
Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor associated with a server, performs a method comprising:
receiving, by the server, a message addressed to an inbox of a recipient and sent from a sender, the message comprising content and information related to a bot application, the bot application information indicating a type of action set by the sender that is to be performed at the inbox, the bot application information further comprising timing information indicating a timing of when to perform an action of the indicated type;
analyzing, by the server, prior to delivery of the message to the inbox, the message and identifying the bot application information, the analysis further comprising determining the type of action and the timing for performing the action of the indicated type of action based on the identified bot application information;
delivering, by the server, the message to the inbox;
determining, by the server, to perform the action based on the timing determination; and
causing, by the server, the action to be automatically executed in accordance with the determination to perform the action, the executed action causing a user interface (UI) associated with the inbox to be modified according to the type of action.