Document storage for reuse of content within documents

• US 10,339,183 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2015
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Kohlmeier, Bernhard S. J., Chilakamarri, Pradeep, Olstad, Bjorn
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Thanh-Ha
• Application Number:
  US14/858,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20160371259A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,383 Days
• Field of Search: 707737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9024 Graphs; Linked lists G06F16/9027 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system for reuse of content within documents can include storage media on which a document graph is stored, and labeler software that, when executed by a processing system, directs the processing system to at least: aggregate, for a window of time, a plurality of actions carried out by a user on content associated with a document within a productivity application; normalize the plurality of actions into at least one predefined action class; determine a label of the user in relation to the document or a portion of the content associated with the document based on the at least one predefined action class; and store the label associated with the user and the document or the portion of the content in a document graph. A search of the document graph for reusable content can then be directed to related content associated with a user having a particular label.

Claims

1. A method, executed at least in part by a computing device, comprising:

identifying at least one predefined action class from a session log for a user for an aggregated window of time during which the user interacted with content associated with a document within a productivity application by normalizing a plurality of actions, wherein the normalizing of the plurality of actions comprises classifying the plurality of actions into the at least one predefined action class;

determining a label of the user in relation to the document or a portion of the content associated with the document based on the at least one predefined action class by;

mapping the at least one predefined action class to an actor class; and

assigning the user as belonging to the actor class determined based on the mapping of the at least one predefined action class to the actor class, the actor class including the label;

storing the label associated with the user and the document or the portion of content in a document graph to indicate a relationship between the user and the document or portion of the content associated with the document;

receiving a request for reusable content, wherein the request for reusable content comprises a particular label, wherein the particular label is a label for a user who has created content that has been reused by other users, a label for a user who reuses or shares content created by other users, or a label for a user who has interacted with new or previously created content;

in response to the request for reusable content, searching the document graph for content connected to the user or another user for which the user or the another user has the particular label; and

providing the content for reuse to a source of the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the label comprises one of reviewer, minor contributor, major contributor, presenter, influencer, propagator, and commenter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying is performed for a plurality of users performing actions on the document or the portion of the content associated with the document or the portion of the content, the method further comprising:

determining a content class for the document according to the actions the plurality of users have performed on the document or the portion of the content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a timestamp with the label in the document graph.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein searching the document graph comprises identifying the users having the particular label after determining the label of the user in relation to the document or the portion of the content associated with the document.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the request for reusable content further comprises a user identifier, wherein identifying the users having the particular label comprises:

searching the document graph for a set of users connected to a specific user identified by the user identifier; and

identifying, from within the set of users, the users having the particular label.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the request for reusable content further comprises a content identifier, wherein identifying the users having the particular label comprises:

searching the document graph for a set of users connected to a specific content identified by the content identifier; and

identifying, from within the set of users, the users having the particular label.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for identifying labels of users associated with a particular content or document, and

in response to the request for identifying the labels of the users associated with the particular content or document, searching the document graph for the particular content or document; and

identifying the labels of the users associated with the particular content or document.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user comprises a particular user, wherein the request for reusable content comprises a request for identifying content related to the particular user for which the particular user has the particular label, and wherein the searching the document graph comprises identifying the content related to the particular user for which the particular user has the particular label after determining the label of the user in relation to the document or the portion of the content associated with the document.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the request for reusable content comprises the particular label, the particular user, and at least one topic, wherein identifying the content related to the particular user for which the particular user has the particular label comprises:

searching the document graph for a set of content connected to the particular user and for which the particular user has the particular label; and

identifying, from within the set of content, relevant content related to the at least one topic.

11. A system for reuse of content within documents, the system comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media;

a document graph stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage media that when executed by a processing system, directs the processing system to at least;

identify at least one predefined action class from a session log for a user for an aggregated window of time during which the user interacted with content associated with a document within a productivity application by normalizing a plurality of actions, wherein the normalizing of the plurality of actions comprises classifying the plurality of actions into the at least one predefined action class;

determine a label of the user in relation to the document or a portion of the content associated with the document based on the at least one predefined action class by;

mapping the at least one predefined action class to an actor class; and

assigning the user as belonging to the actor class determined based on the mapping of the at least one predefined action class to the actor class, the actor class including the label;

store the label associated with the user and the document or the portion of the content in a document graph to indicate a relationship between the user and the document or the portion of the content associated with the document;

receive a request for reusable content, wherein the request for reusable content comprises a particular label, wherein the particular label is a label for a user who has created content that has been reused by other users, a label for a user who reuses or shares content created by other users, or a label for a user who has interacted with new or previously created content;

in response to receiving the request for reusable content, search the document graph for content connected to the user or another user for which the user or the another user has the particular label; and

provide the content for reuse to a source of the request.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the label comprises one of reviewer, minor contributor, major contributor, presenter, influencer, propagator, and commenter.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions to identify are performed for a plurality of users performing actions on the document or the portion of the content associated with the document or the portion of the content, the instructions further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to:

determine a content class for the document according to the actions the plurality of users have performed on the document or the portion of the content.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the content class comprises one of modified content, reused content, consumed content, presented content, and shared content.

15. One or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon for facilitating content reuse that, when executed, direct a processing system to:

identify at least one predefined action class from a session log for a user for an aggregated window of time during which the user interacted with content associated with a document within a productivity application by normalizing a plurality of actions, wherein the normalizing of the plurality of actions comprises classifying the plurality of actions into the at least one predefined action class;

determine a label of the user in relation to the document or a portion of the content associated with the document based on the at least one predefined action class by;

mapping the at least one predefined action class to an actor class; and

assigning the user as belonging to the actor class determined based on the mapping of the at least one predefined action class to the actor class, the actor class including the label;

store the label associated with the user and the document or the portion of the content in a document graph to indicate a relationship between the user and the document or the portion of the content associated with the document;

receive a request for reusable content, wherein the request for reusable content comprises a particular label, wherein the particular label is a label for a user who has created content that has been reused by other users, a label for a user who reuses or shares content created by other users, or a label for a user who has interacted with new or previously created content;

in response to receiving the request for reusable content, search the document graph for content connected to the user or another user for which the user or the another user has the particular label; and

provide the content for reuse to a source of the request.

16. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the label comprises one of reviewer, minor contributor, major contributor, presenter, influencer, propagator, and commenter.

17. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the instructions to identify are performed for a plurality of users performing actions on the document or the portion of the content associated with the document or the portion of the content, the instructions further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to:

determine a content class for the document according to the actions the plurality of users have performed on the document or the portion of the content.