AUTOMATIC SORT AND PROPAGATION ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

• US 20130054613A1
• Filed: 08/23/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bishop, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,943,071 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group

Abstract

Techniques for automatic sort and propagation of information relating to electronic documents are presented. With regard to an electronic document, such as an incoming message, an enhanced information management component (EIMC) can analyze the document to identify a file folder associated with a subject to which the document relates. Based on interaction with or tagging of the document in a first user interface (UI) and predefined user preferences, the EIMC can propagate information relating to the subject and/or document to a second UI. The EIMC can archive the document in the identified file folder automatically or in response to as little as one UI control manipulation. The EIMC can analyze audio or video content to facilitate tagging and archiving of such content using the first UI and propagation of information relating to such content and/or related subject to a second UI.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

linking a tag to an electronic document based on an item of information associated with the electronic document, wherein the item of information corresponds to the tag; and

modifying an electronic item associated with the tag based on a subset of information associated with the electronic document.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

linking the tag to the electronic document displayed on a first communication device;

identifying the subset of information associated with the electronic document;

propagating the subset of information to a second communication device; and

modifying the electronic item associated with the tag at the second communication device based on the subset of information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

grouping the first communication device and the second communication device in a group in relating to a subject associated with the tag, wherein the tag is a private tag and the group is a private group.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the modifying the electronic item further comprising:

modifying a progress timeline relating to the subject based on the subset of information.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the modifying the electronic item further comprising:

modifying display of an icon relating to the tag based on the subset of information.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

linking the tag to the electronic document associated with a first communication device;

searching a subset of online sites respectively associated with a subset of other communication devices based on the linking of the tag to the electronic document;

identifying a second electronic document associated with the subset of online sites based on the second electronic document comprising a second item of information corresponding to the tag;

obtaining a copy of the second electronic document by the first communication device;

linking the tag to the second electronic document; and

storing the electronic document and the second electronic document in an electronic file folder associated with the tag.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

propagating the subset of information associated with the electronic document to an online site of the subset of online sites, wherein the online site is associated with the second electronic document; and

modifying information associated with the online site based on the subset of information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

dynamically searching a subset of electronic documents in response to the linking of the tag to the electronic document;

identifying a second electronic document of the subset of electronic documents based on the second electronic document comprising a second item of information that corresponds to the tag;

linking the tag to the second electronic document; and

storing the first electronic document and the second electronic document in an electronic file folder associated with the tag.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

parsing the electronic document;

identifying a subset of items of information, comprising the item of information, in the electronic document;

comparing the subset of items of information to a subset of tags, comprising the tag; and

identifying the tag as corresponding to the item of information when the tag and the item of information at least substantially match each other.

10. A system, comprising:

a data store configured to store a subset of tags, wherein the subset of tags comprises a tag associated with a subject; and

an information management component configured to associate the tag with an electronic document based on identification of an item of information that is associated with the electronic document and corresponds to the subject, and modify an electronic item associated with the tag based on information relating to the electronic document.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the information management component is further configured to parse the electronic document to identify a subset of items of information, comprising the item of information, wherein the respective items of information in the subset of items of information at least potentially correspond to the tag.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a user interface component configured to display the electronic document and receive input to select the item of information to facilitate association of the tag with the electronic document.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the information management component is further configured to associate the tag to the electronic document displayed on a first communication device, identify the subset of information associated with the electronic document;

propagate the subset of information from the first communication device to a second communication device, and modify the electronic item associated with the tag at the second communication device based on the subset of information.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the information management component is further configured to modify a progress summary relating to the subject based on the subset of information.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the information management component is further configured to search a subset of online sites respectively associated with a subset of other communication devices in response to the association of the tag with the electronic document, identify a second electronic document associated with the subset of online sites based on the second electronic document comprising a second item of information that corresponds to the tag, retrieve a copy of the second electronic document for transmission to the first communication device, associate the tag with the second electronic document, and store the electronic document and the second electronic document in an electronic file folder associated with the tag.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the information management component is further configured to propagate the subset of information associated with the electronic document to an online site of the subset of online sites, wherein the online site is associated with the second electronic document and a second communication device, and modify information associated with the online site based on the subset of information.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the information management component is further configured to parse the electronic document;

identify a subset of items of information, comprising the item of information, in the electronic document;

evaluate the subset of items of information in relation to a subset of tags, comprising the tag; and

identify the tag as corresponding to the item of information when the tag and the item of information at least substantially match each other.

18. The system of claim 10, further comprising a sensor component configured to sense a subset of information in media content, wherein the information management component is further configured to parse the subset of information sensed from the media content, identify the item of information, comprising an object, from the subset of information, associate the tag with the media content based on the object corresponding to the tag, and store the media content in an electronic file folder associated with the tag.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the information management component is further configured to identify a scheduled meeting relating to the subject, identify a subset of electronic documents associated with the tag and relevant to the scheduled meeting, retrieve the subset of electronic documents, and transmit the subset of electronic documents to a user associated with a group of users, wherein the group of users is associated with the tag.

20. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising;

linking a tag to an electronic document based on an item of information associated with the electronic document, wherein the item of information corresponds to the tag; and

modifying an electronic item associated with the tag based on a subset of information associated with the electronic document.