On-demand collaboration user interfaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10922282-B2
Application number	US-201816154679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2018
Priority date	Oct 9, 2017
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

Systems and methods for on-demand generation of customizable collaboration network graphs. A method embodiment operates in a collaboration system that comprises content objects that are operated on by a plurality of users. Interactions with the content objects are detected and streamed into a customizable graph platform. Customization is accomplished by configuring the graph platform to gather particular events and corresponding data that pertain to the entity interaction events and/or to the users that raised the events. The graph platform organizes the data into data structures that codify a collaboration network graph, where the nodes of the collaboration network graph refer to customizable ones of the content objects and where the edges of the collaboration network graph refer to customizable parameters or values that characterize relationships between connected nodes of the collaboration network graph. Multiple behavior overlays can be applied to cause the customizable graph platform to process particular events differently.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method for on-demand generation of a collaboration network graph comprising:
detecting a user interaction with one or more entities to raise one or more entity interaction events at a collaboration system, the collaboration system comprising the one or more entities corresponding to files or other content objects that are operated on by two or more users of the collaboration system;
performing a first configuration of a graph platform to gather data pertaining to the one or more entity interaction events and organize the data into one or more data structures that codify nodes of a collaboration network graph and edges of the collaboration network graph, wherein the nodes of the collaboration network graph refer to individual ones of the one or more entities and wherein the edges of the collaboration network graph refer to one or more parameter values that characterize relationships between the nodes of the collaboration network graph;
performing a second configuration of the graph platform to apply one or more behavior overlays to the first configuration of the graph platform,
wherein a first behavior overlay of the behavior overlays causes a first set of operations on the collaboration network graph,
wherein a second behavior overlay of the behavior overlays causes a second set of operations on the collaboration network graph, and
wherein the first set of operations is different from the second set of operations;

establishing at least one feed definition;
receiving at least one feed request, the at least one feed request referencing the at least one feed definition in one or more request attributes; and
generating, in response to receiving the at least one feed request, one or more entity-specific collaboration feeds, the one or more entity-specific collaboration feeds being generated based at least in part on the collaboration network graph and at least one of the first behavior overlay or the second behavior overlay.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting at least one of the one or more entity-specific collaboration feeds in at least one user interface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more entity-specific collaboration feeds comprises one or more feed objects.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one feed request is a feed test request, the feed test request being received to test a portion of the at least one feed definition.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more entity-specific collaboration feeds is generated from two or more collaboration network graphs.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving at an API, one or more event objects.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the one or more event objects corresponds to at least one affinity between two or more of the one or more entities.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
calculating at least one score that is associated with a respective at least one of the edges of the collaboration network graph.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first behavior overlay corresponds to a first graph definition.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second behavior overlay corresponds to a second graph definition.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a third behavior overlay.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the third behavior overlay is configured using one or more feed definitions, or one or more entity relationship scoring techniques, or one or more feed feature test definitions.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the one or more feed definitions, or the one or more entity relationship scoring techniques, or the one or more feed feature test definitions, is codified in uncompiled, structured text.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor causes a set of acts for on-demand generation of a collaboration network graph, the set of acts comprising:
detecting a user interaction with one or more entities to raise one or more entity interaction events at a collaboration system, the collaboration system comprising the one or more entities corresponding to files or other content objects that are operated on by two or more users of the collaboration system;
performing a first configuration of a graph platform to gather data pertaining to the one or more entity interaction events and organize the data into one or more data structures that codify nodes of a collaboration network graph and edges of the collaboration network graph, wherein the nodes of the collaboration network graph refer to individual ones of the one or more entities and wherein the edges of the collaboration network graph refer to one or more parameter values that characterize relationships between the nodes of the collaboration network graph;
performing a second configuration of the graph platform to apply one or more behavior overlays to the first configuration of the graph platform,
wherein a first behavior overlay of the behavior overlays causes a first set of operations on the collaboration network graph,
wherein a second behavior overlay of the behavior overlays causes a second set of operations on the collaboration network graph, and
wherein the first set of operations is different from the second set of operations;

establishing at least one feed definition;
receiving at least one feed request, the at least one feed request referencing the at least one feed definition in one or more request attributes; and
generating, in response to receiving the at least one feed request, one or more entity-specific collaboration feeds, the one or more entity-specific collaboration feeds being generated based at least in part on the collaboration network graph and at least one of the first behavior overlay or the second behavior overlay.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the set of acts further comprise:
presenting at least one of the one or more entity-specific collaboration feeds in at least one user interface.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the one or more entity-specific collaboration feeds comprises one or more feed objects.

17. A computing system for on-demand generation of a collaboration network graph comprising:
a storage medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions; and
a processor that executes the sequence of instructions to cause a set of acts, the set of acts comprising,
detecting a user interaction with one or more entities to raise one or more entity interaction events at a collaboration system, the collaboration system comprising the one or more entities corresponding to files or other content objects that are operated on by two or more users of the collaboration system;
performing a first configuration of a graph platform to gather data pertaining to the one or more entity interaction events and organize the data into one or more data structures that codify nodes of a collaboration network graph and edges of the collaboration network graph, wherein the nodes of the collaboration network graph refer to individual ones of the one or more entities and wherein the edges of the collaboration network graph refer to one or more parameter values that characterize relationships between the nodes of the collaboration network graph;
performing a second configuration of the graph platform to apply one or more behavior overlays to the first configuration of the graph platform,
wherein a firs

Assignees

• Box Inc

Inventors

• Jalagam Sesh
• De Vansa Vikramaratne Victor

Classifications

• G06F16/1734

  Details of monitoring file system events, e.g. by the use of hooks, filter drivers, logs · CPC title

• G06F16/9024

  Graphs; Linked lists (G06F16/9027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F16/176 Primary

  Support for shared access to files; File sharing support · CPC title

• G06F16/288

  Entity relationship models · CPC title