US Patent Application 17829309. AUTOMATION OF PERMISSION CONTROLS FOR GROUP MESSAGES simplified abstract

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AUTOMATION OF PERMISSION CONTROLS FOR GROUP MESSAGES

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Amer Aref Hassan of Kirkland WA (US)]]

[[Category:Wei-Chen Chen of Redmond WA (US)]]

AUTOMATION OF PERMISSION CONTROLS FOR GROUP MESSAGES - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17829309 titled 'AUTOMATION OF PERMISSION CONTROLS FOR GROUP MESSAGES

Simplified Explanation

- The patent application describes a system that allows users with accessibility needs to control group messages. - Users with accessibility issues can indicate their needs through a permissions system. - The system can grant these users the right to prevent others from sending messages in a thread. - This allows the user to give a presentation without interruptions from others. - Once the user is done with their presentation, the system unlocks the thread for others to send messages. - This system enables users with special needs to participate as meeting presenters.


Original Abstract Submitted

A system provides permission controls for group messages. A system can support user accessibility by the use of a permissions that indicates that a user has accessibility needs with respect to a voice input. When a user is known to have accessibility issue with providing a voice input, a system data structure, such as a Teams directory, can indicate when specific users have special needs. The system can grant them with rights to prevent others from providing messages to a message thread. This allows that person to become a presenter of a meeting while using a message thread to give their presentation without interruption from others. The system can unlock the thread and allow others to provide messages when the user is done with their presentation. By controlling a message thread in this manner, a system can allow users having special needs to participate as a meeting presenter.

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