COLLABORATION FOR NETWORK-SHARED DOCUMENTS

• US 20160072841A1
• Filed: 06/16/2015
• Published: 03/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Caporal, Colleen, Arora, Gaurav, Abeer, Muhammad
• Granted Patent: US 9,891,810 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1787 Details of non-transparently synchronising file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating collaboration among users for network-shared documents. A computing environment can identify that a particular identifier was used in a communication regarding a file being accessible on various client devices. A suitable task to perform in association with at least one of the plurality of client devices can be identified based on the identifier and a determination can be made whether performance of the task would comply with at least one compliance rule. In response to the performance of the task complying with the at least one compliance rule, the task can be performed.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device comprising at least one hardware processor, the program, when executed by the at least one computing device, being configured to cause the at least one computing device to:

identify at least one identifier in a communication associated with at least one file, the at least one file being accessible on a plurality of client devices;

determine a task to perform in association with one of the plurality of client devices based on the at least one identifier;

determine whether performing the task would comply with at least one compliance rule; and

perform the task in response to a determination that the task complies with the at least one compliance rule.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein determining whether performing the task would comply with the at least one compliance rule further comprises determining whether a first user who used the at least one identifier in the communication has a privilege to control access to the file for a second user specified in the communication.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein determining whether performing the task would comply with the at least one compliance rule further comprises determining whether the second user has a privilege to access the file in compliance with the at least one compliance rule.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the task comprises at least one of:

causing the at least one file to become accessible on a respective one of the plurality of client devices corresponding to a user specified in the communication;

causing the at least one file to be automatically downloaded to the respective one of the plurality of client devices;

denying access to the at least one file on the respective one of the plurality of client devices corresponding to the user;

or

causing the at least one file to become accessible on a subset of the plurality of client devices corresponding to a user group.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein determining the task to perform in association with the at least one of the plurality of client devices based on the at least one identifier further comprises:

parsing the at least one identifier to identify a substring; and

querying a data store using the substring to determine the task to perform in association with the at least one of the plurality of client devices.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein identifying that the at least one identifier is used in the communication regarding at least one file further comprises identifying whether a first character of a string comprises a hashtag or an at-sign.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the task is performed in association with a specified user in response to the first character of the string comprising the at-sign.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying that at least one identifier was used in a communication regarding at least one file, the at least one file being accessible on a plurality of client devices;

determining a task to perform in association with at least one of the plurality of client devices based on the at least one identifier;

determining whether performing the task would comply with at least one compliance rule; and

performing the task in response to a determination that the task complies with the at least one compliance rule.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the at least one identifier used in the communication was made by a first user who has an access right to the file.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein determining whether performing the task would comply with the at least one compliance rule further comprises determining whether the first user who used the at least one identifier in the communication has a privilege to control access to the file for a second user specified in the communication in compliance with the at least one compliance rule.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein determining whether performing the task would comply with the at least one compliance rule further comprises determining whether a second user specified in the communication has a privilege to access the file in compliance with the at least one compliance rule.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein determining the task to perform in association with the at least one of the plurality of client devices based on the at least one identifier further comprises:

parsing the at least one identifier to identify a substring; and

querying a data store using the substring to determine the task to perform in association with the at least one of the plurality of client devices.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein identifying that the at least one identifier was used in the communication regarding at least one file further comprises identifying whether a first character of a string comprises a hashtag or an at-sign.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the task is performed in association with a user specified in the communication in response to the first character of the string comprising the at-sign.

15. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device in data communication with a plurality of client devices over a network;

a data store comprising at least one file accessible by the plurality of client device over the network;

program code that, when executed by the at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to;

identify that at least one identifier was used in a communication regarding the at least one file;

determine a task to perform in association with at least one of the plurality of client devices based on the at least one identifier;

determine whether performing the task would comply with at least one compliance rule; and

perform the task in association with the at least one of the plurality of client devices in response to the task complying with the at least one compliance rule.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the task comprises at least one of:

causing the at least one file to become accessible on a respective one of the plurality of client devices corresponding to a user specified in the communication;

causing the at least one file to be automatically downloaded to the respective one of the plurality of client devices corresponding to the user;

denying access to the at least one file on the respective one of the plurality of client devices corresponding to the user;

or

causing the at least one file to become accessible on a subset of the plurality of client devices corresponding to a user group.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the program code that causes the at least one computing device to determine whether performing the task would comply with the at least one compliance rule further comprises program code that causes the at least one computing device to determine whether a first user who used the at least one identifier in the communication has a privilege to control access to the file for a second user specified in the communication.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the program code that causes the at least one computing device to determine whether performing the task would comply with the at least one compliance rule further comprises program code that causes the at least one computing device to determine whether a user specified in the communication has a privilege to access the file in compliance with the at least one compliance rule.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the program code that causes the at least one computing device to determine the task to perform in association with the at least one of the plurality of client devices based on the at least one identifier further comprises program code that causes the at least one computing device to:

parse the at least one identifier to identify a substring; and

query a data store using the substring to determine the task to perform in association with the at least one of the plurality of client devices.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the program code that causes the at least one computing device to identify that the at least one identifier is used in the communication regarding the at least one file further comprises program code that causes the at least one computing device to identify whether a first character of a string comprises an at-sign, wherein the task is performed in association with a user specified in the at least one identifier in response to the first character of the string comprising the at-sign.