Systems and methods for remote huddle collaboration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11270264-B1
Application number	US-202017035456-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 28, 2020
Priority date	Jun 6, 2014
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

Systems and methods for remote huddle collaboration are disclosed. The huddle collaboration system may include a huddle management system which may include an authentication module, a data processing module, and a module manager, among other components. Huddle collaboration system may allow huddle members of a company to fully engage in remote huddle sessions through different kind of client computing devices, in a consistent way regardless of their location. The system may act as an alternative to traditional whiteboards, displaying, collecting, and storing information during an active huddle session, where this information may be available to the users in the form of one or more standard and/or custom sub-applications, according to the user's and/or project's requirements.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server-implemented method comprising:
displaying, by a server, a collaborative platform accessible to a plurality of users, the collaborative platform comprising a set of sub-applications each displaying data associated with one or more collaboration files;
in response to identifying a collaboration file associated with a first user accessing the collaborative platform, displaying, by the server, on a first sub-application, data associated with the collaboration file;
in response to determining that the collaboration file is also associated with a second user, identifying, by the server, a second sub-application associated with the collaboration file and accessed by the second user;
instructing, by the server, execution of each of the first and second sub-applications, wherein each of the first and second sub-applications dynamically retrieves data records associated with the first and second users and further retrieves data associated with the collaboration files from a database;
simultaneously presenting, by the server, a synchronized version of the first and the second sub-applications on the collaborative platform accessed by the first and second users, wherein each sub-application graphically represents the data retrieved; and
upon receiving input data from the first user interacting with the first sub-application of the collaborative platform, presenting, by the server, the input data as an overlay on the second sub-application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the server determines that the collaboration file is also associated with the second user in response to the second user accessing the collaborative platform.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collaboration file corresponds to at least one of records that store information about the collaborative platform, each sub-application, any positions or roles of the first user and the second user, or information associated with how to graphically present the collaborative platform.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input data corresponds to data inputted during a communication session between at least two users of the collaborative platform.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each sub-application comprises pre-defined content and has a standard layout, and wherein the pre-defined content is selected from a group consisting of morale field, recognition field, announcements field, company news field, and calendar field.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one sub-application corresponds to a fillable calendar application for the first user and the second user.

7. A computer system:
a database configured to store data associated with a collaborative platform, the data comprising at least one collaboration file;
a server comprising a processor, in communication with the database, the server configured to:
display the collaborative platform accessible to a plurality of users, the collaborative platform comprising a set of sub-applications each displaying data associated with one or more collaboration files;
in response to identifying a collaboration file associated with a first user accessing the collaborative platform, display on a first sub-application, data associated with the collaboration file;
in response to determining that the collaboration file is also associated with a second user, identify a second sub-application associated with the collaboration file and accessed by the second user;
instruct execution of each of the first and second sub-applications,

wherein each of the first and second sub-applications dynamically retrieves data records associated with the first and second users and further retrieves data associated with the collaboration files from the database;
simultaneously present a synchronized version of the first and the second sub-applications on the collaborative platform accessed by the first and second users, wherein each sub-application graphically represents the data retrieved; and
upon receiving input data from the first user interacting with the first sub-application of the collaborative platform, present the input data as an overlay on the second sub-application.

8. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the server determines that the collaboration file is also associated with the second user in response to the second user accessing the collaborative platform.

9. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the collaboration file corresponds to at least one of records that store information about the collaborative platform, each sub-application, any positions or roles of the first user and the second user, or information associated with how to graphically present the collaborative platform.

10. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the input data corresponds to data inputted during a communication session between at least two users of the collaborative platform.

11. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein each sub-application comprises pre-defined content and has a standard layout, and wherein the pre-defined content is selected from a group consisting of morale field, recognition field, announcements field, company news field, and calendar field.

12. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein at least one sub-application corresponds to a fillable calendar application for the first user and the second user.

13. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein at least one sub-application displays a status of a project.

14. A system comprising:
a server comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
display a collaborative platform accessible to a plurality of users, the collaborative platform comprising a set of sub-applications each displaying data associated with one or more collaboration files;
in response to identifying a collaboration file associated with a first user accessing the collaborative platform, display on a first sub-application, data associated with the collaboration file;
in response to determining that the collaboration file is also associated with a second user, identify a second sub-application associated with the collaboration file and accessed by the second user;
instruct execution of each of the first and second sub-applications, wherein each of the first and second sub-applications dynamically retrieves data records associated with the first and second users and further retrieves data associated with the collaboration files from a database; simultaneously present a synchronized version of the first and the second sub-applications on the collaborative platform accessed by the first and second users, wherein each sub-application graphically represents the data retrieved; and upon receiving input data from the first user interacting with the first sub-application of the collaborative platform, present the input data as an overlay on the second sub-application.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the server determines that the collaboration file is also associated with the second user in response to the second user accessing the collaborative platform.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the collaboration file corresponds to at least one of records that store information about the collaborative platform, each sub-application, any positions or roles of the first user and the second user, or information associated with how to graphically present the collaborative platform.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the input data corresponds to data inputted during a communication session between a

Assignees

• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurace Company
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co

Inventors

• Casale Robert
• O'Malley Abigail
• Teller Kedzie

Classifications

• H04L63/104

  Grouping of entities · CPC title

• H04L63/08

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04L65/403

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04L65/4015

  where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference · CPC title

• H04L65/1069

  Session establishment or de-establishment · CPC title