Contextually relevant digital collaboration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9696865-B2
Application number	US-201414266245-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2014
Priority date	Feb 26, 2014
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

A method may include receiving, via a content sharing module, a request to find a content sharing collaborator. The method may include receiving context information of the request. The method may also include locating a plurality of potential collaborators based on the context information of the request, and then presenting context relevant to the potential collaborators.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, via a content sharing module, a request to find a content sharing collaborator;
determining a geographic location of a first user providing the request;
determining whether a plurality of second users are within the geographic vicinity of the first user by determining geographic locations of the plurality of second users;
determining whether the first user and the plurality of second users are collaborating on a project when it is determined that the plurality of second users are within a geographic vicinity of the first user;
presenting, at a graphical user interface, content relevant to the project in response to determining that the plurality of second users are collaborating on the project and within a geographic vicinity of the first user;
wherein presenting content relevant to the project comprises automatically highlighting and displaying the content relevant to the project to the plurality of second users using the graphical user interface, and making the content relevant to the project available to the plurality of second users; and
wherein presenting content relevant to the project further comprises:
requesting authorization from a particular one of the plurality of second user to share certain of the content relevant to the project available to others of the plurality of second users; and
in response to receiving the authorization, making the certain content of the content relevant to the project available to the others of the plurality of second users.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the geographic location is determined using a location awareness capability of a user's mobile computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting content relevant to the project comprises presenting:
content that is a result of a collaboration between the user and the collaborator; or
content that is owned by the collaborator.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to find a content sharing collaborator comprises information on a social graph of email relationship groups of the first user providing the request.

5. The method of claim 4 , the social graph of email relationship groups is determined by:
evaluating the first user's sent and received emails;
compiling a list of a plurality of second users from the evaluation of the first user's emails;
ranking a relationship between the first user and each of the plurality of second users;
building a social graph with a plurality of email relationship groups based on the ranked relationships; and
storing the social graph in a predetermined location.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the ranking of the relationship between the first user and each of the plurality of second users is based on:
frequency of email contact between the first user and each of the plurality of second users, and
frequency of each of a plurality of email recipient fields.

7. A system comprising:
a receiving device configured to receive, via a content sharing module,
a request to find a content sharing collaborator,
a determining device configured to:

determine a geographic location of a first user providing the request,
determine whether a plurality of second users are within the geographic vicinity of the first user by determining geographic locations of the plurality of second users, and
determine whether the first user and the plurality of second users are collaborating on a project when the determining device determines that the plurality of second users are within a geographic vicinity of the first user;

a presenting device configured to present content relevant to the project in response to determining that the plurality of second users are within a geographic vicinity of the first user;
wherein presenting content relevant to the project comprises automatically highlighting and displaying the content relevant to the project to the plurality of second users, and making the content relevant to the project available to the plurality of second users; and
wherein the presenting device is further operable to:
request authorization from a particular one of the plurality of second user to share certain of the content relevant to the project available to others of the plurality of second users; and
in response to receiving the authorization, make the certain content of the content relevant to the project available to the others of the plurality of second users.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the geographic location is determined using a location awareness capability of a user's mobile computing device.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the presenting device is further configured to present:
content that is a result of a collaboration between the user and the collaborator; or
content that is owned by the collaborator.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the request to find a content sharing collaborator comprises information on a social graph of email relationship groups of the first user providing the request.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the social graph of email relationship groups is determined by:
an evaluating device that evaluates the first user's sent and received emails;
a compiling device configured to compile a list of the plurality of second users from the evaluation of the first user's emails;
a ranking device configured to rank a relationship between the first user and each of the plurality of second users;
a building device configured to build a social graph with a plurality of email relationship groups based on the ranked relationships; and
a storing device configured to store the social graph in a predetermined location.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the ranking of the relationship between the first user and each of the plurality of second users is based on:
frequency of email contact between the first user and each of the plurality of second users, and
frequency of each of a plurality of email recipient fields.

13. A computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to receive, via a content sharing module, a request to find a content sharing collaborator;
computer readable program code configured to determine a geographic location of a first user providing the request,
computer readable program code configured to determine whether a plurality of second users are within the geographic vicinity of the first user by determining geographic locations of the plurality of second users, and
computer readable program code configured to determine whether the first user and the plurality of second users are collaborating on a project when it is determined that the plurality of second users are within a geographic vicinity of the first user;
computer readable program code configured to present content relevant to the project in response to determining that the plurality of second users are within a geographic vicinity of the first user;
wherein presenting content relevant to the project comprises automatically highlighting and displaying the content relevant to the project to the plurality of second users, and making the content relevant to the project available to the plurality of second users; and
computer readable program code configured to request authorization from a particular one of the plurality of second user to share certain of the content relevant to the project available to others of the plurality of second users, and in response to receiving the authorization, make the certain content

Assignees

• Lindo Jonathan
• Lakamsani Vamsee
• Krishna Vikas
• Prabhu Nagi
• Ca Inc

Inventors

• Lindo Jonathan
• Lakamsani Vamsee
• Krishna Vikas
• Prabhu Nagi

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q50/01

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06Q10/101

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