Collaborative platform for teams with messaging and learning across groups

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9893905-B2
Application number	US-201314079454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2013
Priority date	Nov 13, 2013
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing collaboration among users within a group for improved communication and scheduling.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of operating a collaboration platform using a calendar application, the method comprising:
identifying, with the calendar application, information about an event;
determining, by the calendar application, a context based on the information and using a learning system;
defining a collaboration group within the calendar application based on the determined context, wherein said defining includes identifying a plurality of users based on the determined context;
defining, with the calendar application, a shared group area associated with the event, the shared group area being displayed and accessible to each of the plurality of users in the collaboration group;
receiving, with the calendar application, information from one of the plurality of users associated with the event, wherein the information includes an object;
displaying, with the calendar application, the object in the shared group area;
receiving, with the calendar application, a message from one of the plurality of users associated with the event; and
displaying, with the calendar application, the message with the object in the shared group area.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, with the calendar application, an additional object from a same or different one of the plurality of users in the collaboration group; and
displaying, with the calendar application, the objects, and the message within the shared group area.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, with the calendar application, a time indicator from one of the plurality of users;
setting, with the calendar application, an expiration time for the shared group area based on the time indicator; and
terminating, with the calendar application, access to the shared group area by the collaboration group based on the expiration time.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting an object to display in the shared group area based on the determined context, wherein the selected object is different than the object of the information received from the user of the plurality of users.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
relating another event to the event responsive to the context determination;
wherein the object is selected responsive to said relating; and
wherein the information about the event includes at least one of event attendees, event topic, and event location.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the related event is associated with the collaboration group.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
displaying, with the calendar application, the objects in the shared group area;
communicating the objects in the shared group area to each of the plurality of users in the collaboration group.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing chat functionality within the calendar application that displays chat sessions between the plurality of users in the collaboration group within the shared group area.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collaboration group is defined for a specific time period.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collaboration group is defined based on at least one of a work relationship, an interest relationship, a family relationship, a previous collaboration group relationship, a geographic location, a job title, a job industry, and known user behavior.

11. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
displaying, with the calendar application, the objects in the shared group area;
wherein the objects in the shared group area are editable by the users in the collaboration group.

12. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
displaying, with the calendar application, the objects in the shared group area;
wherein the objects in the shared group area are sharable over a network.

13. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
displaying, with the calendar application, the objects in the shared group area;
wherein the objects are actionable by at least one of highlighting, sharing, forwarding, and completion marking.

14. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
displaying, with the calendar application, the objects in the shared group area; and
updating at least one of the objects displayed in the shared group area as attributes change for the users and the event.

15. A memory device coupled to a processing system having instructions stored thereon for operating a calendar application, the instructions, in response to execution by the processing system, performing operations comprising:
identifying information about an event;
determining a context based on the information and using a learning system;
performing at least one of defining a collaboration group within the calendar application based on the determined context, wherein said defining includes identifying a plurality of users based on the determined context or selecting an object based on the determined context;
defining a shared group area associated with the event, the shared group area being displayed and accessible to each of the plurality of users in the collaboration group and including the object if selected;
receiving a message from one of the plurality of users, wherein the message is associated with the collaboration group;
communicating the message to the plurality of users in the collaboration group; and
presenting the message within the shared group area.

16. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein communicating the message to the plurality of users includes at least one of emailing the message, texting the message, and sending the message via a short message service (SMS).

17. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein presenting the message within the shared group area comprises displaying the message on a webpage.

18. The memory device of claim 15 , further comprising:
relating another event to the event responsive to the context determination;
wherein the selection of the object is responsive to said relating and the object corresponds to said another event.

19. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the message is related to at least one of event attendance, notification associated with running late, an event reminder, an event announcement, an event change, an event confirmation, a follow-up event, and a user location.

20. A computer system, comprising:
a processing system; and
a memory device coupled to the processing system having instructions stored thereon for operating a calendar application, the instructions, in response to execution by the processing system, being operable to:
identify information about an event;
determine a context based on the information and using a learning system;
perform at least one of defining a collaboration group within the calendar application based on the determined context, wherein said defining includes identifying a plurality of users based on the determined context or selecting an object based on the determined context;
define a shared group area associated with the event, the shared group area being displayed and accessible to each of the plurality of users in the collaboration group and including the object if selected;
receive messages from the users in the collaboration group associated with the event;
display the messages in the shared group area;
receive an expiration time for the shared group area from one of the users; and
terminate access by the collaboration group to the shared group area and the messages based on the expiration time.

21. The computer system

Assignees

• Tempo Al Inc
• Salesforce Com Inc

Inventors

• Donneau Golencer Thierry
• Singh Rajan

Classifications

• H04L12/1886 Primary

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