ELEMENTS OF AN ENTERPRISE EVENT FEED
First Claim
1. In an electronic social network application, a method for populating an event feed regarding an individual in an enterprise, the method comprising:
- an act of automatically obtaining events regarding the individual from one or more information sources, wherein at least some of the events were generated without the individual directly interfacing with the electronic social network application;
an act of automatically formulating an event feed regarding the individual using at least a portion of the obtained events regarding the individual.
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Abstract
An enterprise-based social networking application. The events pool for the social networking application may be automatically populated without requiring direct individual participation in the social networking application. Furthermore, networks may be established automatically, without an expressed invitation. The default network may be based on a participant'"'"'s communication history and/or organization context within the enterprise. The participant may then edit or expand the network without necessarily requesting permission for the individuals being added, and without necessarily being part of that individual'"'"'s network.
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20 Claims
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1. In an electronic social network application, a method for populating an event feed regarding an individual in an enterprise, the method comprising:
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an act of automatically obtaining events regarding the individual from one or more information sources, wherein at least some of the events were generated without the individual directly interfacing with the electronic social network application; an act of automatically formulating an event feed regarding the individual using at least a portion of the obtained events regarding the individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In an electronic social network application that generates event feeds regarding a plurality of individuals and includes a plurality of participants, a method for automatically formulating a network of individuals for a participant in the social network application, the network resulting in information feeds being received by the participant regarding individuals in the network, the method comprising:
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an act of accessing at least one enterprise information system; an act of selecting one of more individuals to include in the network of the participant based on the information accessed from the at least one enterprise information system; and an act of automatically formulating a default network for the participant, the default network including the one or more selected individuals. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In an electronic social network application that generates event feeds regarding a plurality of individuals and includes a plurality of participants, a method for permitting a participant to add an individual to a network of the participant, the method comprising:
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an act of the participant requesting that the electronic social network add a particular individual to the network of the participant; and an act of adding the particular individual to the network of the participant without consulting the particular individual.
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