Expandable data object management and indexing architecture for intersystem data exchange compatibility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11809491-B2
Application number	US-202217877825-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2022
Priority date	Mar 27, 2019
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

A group-based communication platform is configured to ascertain the relatedness of various work objects shared among users of the group-based communication platform. Moreover, the group-based communication platform may further receive and process work objects originating from non-users of the group-based communication platform, thereby further expanding the utility of the determined relatedness between work objects. These work objects (or encrypted representations of these work objects) may be indexed and stored in association with the group-based communication platform, thereby enabling users to search for and retrieve work objects originating from a plurality of work object sources simultaneously, and based on various characteristics of those work objects and the determined interrelatedness between various work objects.

First claim

That which is claimed:

1. A method for determining user expertise related to a topic, the method comprising:
receiving one or more resources from a validated external resource, wherein the one or more resources comprise metadata and body content data;
assigning one or more topics to each of the one or more resources based at least in part on the metadata and body content data;
determining a subset of the one or more resources associated with a user identifier for a user;
determining context regarding one or more interactions of the user with the one or more resources based on analyzing the one or more resources; and
establishing topical expertise associated with the user identifier based at least in part on topics of resources associated with the user identifier, messages associated with the one or more resources regarding the one or more topics, and the context regarding the one or more interactions of the user with the one or more resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more resources is one or more of a message, an event, a file, or an email.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the subset of the one or more resources associated with the user identifier for the user comprises analyzing the one or more interactions of the user with the one or more resources.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more topics are assigned to the one or more resources further based in part on received user indication of the one or more topics as relevant to the one or more resources.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a summary for each of the one or more resources based at least in part on the metadata and body content data; and
causing display of the summary to the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a work graph identifying relationships between the one or more resources,
wherein establishing topical expertise is further based in part on the relationships identified between the one or more resources.

7. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the user is a user of a group-based communication system,
wherein the one or more topics are searchable within the group-based communication system, and
wherein the one or more resources associated with a searched topic are presented with the searched topic.

8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method for determining user expertise related to a topic, the method comprising:
receiving one or more resources from a validated external resource, wherein the one or more resources comprise metadata and body content data;
assigning one or more topics to each of the one or more resources based at least in part on the metadata and body content data;
determining a subset of the one or more resources associated with a user identifier for a user;
determining context regarding one or more interactions of the user with the one or more resources based on analyzing the one or more resources; and
establishing topical expertise associated with the user identifier based at least in part on topics of resources associated with the user identifier, messages associated with the one or more resources regarding the one or more topics, and the context regarding the one or more interactions of the user with the one or more resources.

9. The media of claim 8 , wherein the one or more resources is one or more of a message, an event, a file, or an email.

10. The media of claim 8 , wherein determining the subset of the one or more resources associated with the user identifier for the user comprises analyzing the one or more interactions of the user with the one or more resources.

11. The media of claim 8 , wherein the one or more topics are assigned to the one or more resources further based in part on received user indication of the one or more topics as relevant to the one or more resources.

12. The media of claim 8 , further comprising:
generating a summary for each of the one or more resources based at least in part on the metadata and body content data; and
causing display of the summary to the user.

13. The media of claim 8 , further comprising:
generating a work graph identifying relationships between the one or more resources,
wherein establishing topical expertise is further based in part on the relationships identified between the one or more resources.

14. The media of claim 8 ,
wherein the user is a user of a group-based communication system,
wherein the one or more topics are searchable within the group-based communication system, and
wherein the one or more resources associated with a searched topic are presented with the searched topic.

15. A system for determining user expertise related to a topic, the system comprising:
at least one data store;
at least one processor; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to carry out actions comprising:
receiving one or more resources from a validated external resource, wherein the one or more resources comprise metadata and body content data;
assigning one or more topics to each of the one or more resources based at least in part on the metadata and body content data;
determining a subset of the one or more resources associated with a user identifier for a user;
determining context regarding one or more interactions of the user with the one or more resources based on analyzing the one or more resources; and
establishing topical expertise associated with the user identifier based at least in part on topics of resources associated with the user identifier, messages associated with the one or more resources regarding the one or more topics, and the context regarding the one or more interactions of the user with the one or more resources.

16. The system of claim 15 ,
wherein the one or more resources is one or more of a message, an event, a file, or an email, and
wherein determining the subset of the one or more resources associated with the user identifier for the user comprises analyzing the one or more interactions of the user with the one or more resources.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more topics are assigned to the one or more resources further based in part on received user indication of the one or more topics as relevant to the one or more resources.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the actions further comprise:
generating a summary for each of the one or more resources based at least in part on the metadata and body content data; and
causing display of the summary to the user.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the actions further comprise:
generating a work graph identifying relationships between the one or more resources,
wherein establishing topical expertise is further based in part on the relationships identified between the one or more resources.

20. The system of claim 15 ,
wherein the user is a user of a group-based communication system,
wherein the one or more topics are searchable within the group-based communication system, and
wherein the one or more resources associated with a searched topic are presented with the searched topic.

Assignees

• Slack Tech Llc
• Salesforce Inc

Inventors

• Wahl Matthew
• Florin Hubert
• Schemers Roland
• Elliott Brian
• Han Lydia
• Mcphail James

Classifications

• G06F16/901 Primary

  Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures (for retrieval from the web G06F16/951) · CPC title

• G06F16/908

  using metadata automatically derived from the content · CPC title

• G06F16/90335

  Query processing · CPC title

• G06F16/93

  Document management systems · CPC title

• G06Q10/101

  Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services · CPC title