Patent ID: 9070117
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A machine-implemented method for initiating a group communication, the method comprising: determining, using one or more computing devices, multiple participants included in an electronic message provided in an electronic messaging application; providing for display, using the one or more computing devices, a representation of each of the determined multiple participants in a widget included in the electronic messaging application; providing for display, using the one or more computing devices, a graphical element in the widget, the graphical element for activating a group web service different from the electronic messaging application for the multiple participants of the electronic message; receiving, in the widget, first user input via the graphical element to activate the different group web service; receiving, in the widget, second user input indicating selection of a subset comprising at least two of the multiple participants for communication in the different group web service; and activating the different group web service in response to the received first and second user input in the widget, wherein the activated different group web service initiates a communication thread in the different group web service with the subset of the multiple participants of the electronic message, wherein the electronic messaging application is one from the group of an e-mail application, a group chat application, and a group calendar application, and the different group web service is another one from the group of the e-mail application, the group chat application, and the group calendar application.