CONTEXTUAL ACTIONS FROM COLLABORATION FEATURES

• US 20170285890A1
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Published: 10/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Dolman, Elizabeth Brooks
• Application Number:
  US15/282,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20170285890A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• 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

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing contextual actions from collaboration features. In one aspect, rendering of a file created with an application in a user interface may be initiated. The file may include at least one collaboration feature. In response to receiving an indication of interest made with respect to the at least one collaboration feature, one or more actions having a contextual relevance to the at least one collaboration feature may be identified. The one or more identified actions may be surfaced in an action hub. For example, the action hub may be displayed within the file proximal to the at least one collaboration feature and may include the one or more identified actions.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to at least;

initiate rendering of file created with a collaboration application in a user interface, the file including at least one collaboration feature;

surface at least one of collaborator information and status information in a first portion of an action hub; and

surface one or more actions having a contextual relevance to the at least one collaboration feature in a second portion of the action hub, wherein the action hub is displayed proximal to the at least one collaboration feature.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the action hub is located in a top portion of the action hub and the second portion of the action hub is located in a bottom portion of the action hub.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one collaboration feature includes at least one of a collaborator gallery, a share list, a comment, an activity, a chat, and a self-identity.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include at least one of a communication action, an edit action, a collaborator profile action, a permissions action, a filter action, and an account action.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein when the at least one collaboration feature is the collaborator gallery, the one or more actions surfaced in the second portion of the action hub include a communication action, an edit action, and a collaborator profile action.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein when the at least one collaboration feature is the share list, the one or more actions surfaced in the second portion of the action hub include a communication action, a permissions action, and a collaborator profile action.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein when the at least one collaboration feature is the comment, the one or more actions surfaced in the second portion of the action hub include a communication action and a collaborator profile action.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein when the at least one collaboration feature is the activity, the one or more actions surfaced in the second portion of the action hub include a communication action, a filter action, and a collaborator profile action.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein when the at least one collaboration feature is the chat, the one or more actions surfaced in the second portion of the action hub include a collaborator profile action.

10. The system of claim 3, wherein when the at least one collaboration feature is the self-identity, the one or more actions surfaced in the second portion of the action hub include an account action, an edit action, and a collaborator profile action.

11. A computer-implemented method for providing contextual actions from collaboration features, the method comprising:

initiating rendering of file created with an application in a user interface, the file including at least one collaboration feature;

in response to receiving an indication of interest made with respect to the at least one collaboration feature, identifying one or more actions having a contextual relevance to the at least one collaboration feature; and

surfacing the one or more identified actions in an action hub.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising surfacing collaborator information and status information in the action hub.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the collaborator information includes at least a collaborator image and a collaborator identifier.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the status information includes at least one of a sharing status and an editing status.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising in response to receiving a selection of one of the one or more actions, invoking the selected action.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the one or more actions surfaced in the action hub includes three or less actions.

17. A computing apparatus comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media; and

a collaboration application embodied at least in part in program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media and comprising;

a file in a user interface for collaborating among a plurality of collaborators of the file;

a first collaboration feature in the user interface through which to present at least metadata associated with at least one of the collaborators of the plurality of collaborators of the file and through which to receive an indication of interest made with respect to the first collaboration feature; and

a first action hub in the user interface through which to, in response to the indication of interest made with respect to the first collaboration feature, surface one or more actions having a contextual relevance to the first collaboration feature.

18. The computing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the collaboration application further comprises:

a second collaboration feature in the user interface through which to present at least metadata associated with at least one of the collaborators of the plurality of collaborators of the file and through which to receive an indication of interest made with respect to the second collaboration feature; and

a second action hub in the user interface through which to, in response to the indication of interest made with respect to the second collaboration feature, surface one or more actions having a contextual relevance to the second collaboration feature.

19. The computing apparatus of claim 18, wherein at least one of the one or more actions having a contextual relevance to the first collaboration feature is different from at least one of the one or more actions having a contextual relevant to the second collaboration feature.

20. The computing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first collaboration feature and the second collaboration feature are associated with the file in the user interface, wherein the first action hub is displayed proximal to the first collaboration feature within the file in the user interface, and wherein the second action hub is displayed proximal to the second collaboration feature within the file in the user interface.