Patent ID: 8903922
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing an email thread utilizing an email application used by a client device configured to communicate with other client devices across a network, the email thread comprising a plurality of emails circulated to a group of users over the network relating to a discussion topic; linking the email application with a synchronous communication application to establish a real-time discussion between at least some of the users of the group in relation to the discussion topic utilizing the synchronous communication application; in response to establishing the real-time discussion in relation to the discussion topic utilizing the synchronous communication application, exporting the plurality of emails of the email thread from the email application to a storage location accessible by users associated with the real-time discussion, wherein only emails preceding establishing the real-time discussion are exported to the storage location, and each email of the email thread is accessible from the storage location via a graphical user interface associated with the synchronous communication application; and sending an alert message to a user utilizing the email application in response to the user sending an email to other users of the group in relation to the discussion topic after establishing the real-time discussion utilizing the synchronous communication application.