Patent ID: 9338027
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G10L,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: by one or more server computing devices of a system, receiving from a client: by one or more server computing devices of the system, storing the identifier and authentication credentials in association with information identifying a first user associated with the client, wherein the first user is associated with a first node on a social-networking system; by one or more server computing devices of the system, retrieving one or more messages from the voice mailbox using the identifier and the authentication credentials, wherein each of the messages comprises information identifying a second user who sent the message; and by one or more server computing devices of the system, adding one or more of the retrieved messages to one or more conversation threads maintained by the system, wherein at least one of the conversation threads comprises at least one message exchanged between the first user and the second user using a different communication channel, wherein the second user is represented by a second node on the social-networking system, and wherein the first node is connected through the social-networking system to the second node, and wherein the adding comprises, for each of the one or more of the messages: