Idea page system and method

• US 8,204,847 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2011
• Issued: 06/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kerika, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Kerika, Inc.
• Inventors: Kumar, Arun, Mowery, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): FERNANDEZ RIVAS, OMAR F
• Application Number:
  US13/106,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20110213750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 706/62
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Ideas, groups of ideas, projects, documents, and related materials may be depicted, organized, modified, and shared according to Idea Page systems, methods, and user interfaces. Published workflow templates may additionally be copied into a user context, modified, and depicted in a multi-level visual space, including first-level ideas organized and visually arranged in a first-level idea page, and second-level ideas organized and visually arranged in a second-level idea page.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing an Idea Page, the method comprising:

receiving, by an Idea Page server from an Idea Page engine executing on a remote device associated with a user, a request for an Idea Page, said Idea Page being associated with an original context in which said Idea Page was created, the Idea Page comprising a first plurality of sub-ideas organized within a first-level idea and a second plurality of sub-ideas organized within a second-level idea, said second-level idea corresponding to one of said first plurality of sub-ideas organized within said first-level idea;

obtaining, by said Idea Page server from an idea page data store communicatively coupled with said Idea Page server, Idea Page data corresponding to said Idea Page;

determining, by said Idea Page server, a user-context associated with said user, said user-context differing from said original context in which said Idea Page was created;

copying, by said Idea Page server according to said Idea Page data, said Idea Page into said user-context;

generating, by said Idea Page server, a data response corresponding to said copied Idea Page in said user-context;

providing, by said Idea Page server, said data response to said remote device for said Idea Page engine to;

determine a first visual arrangement for said first plurality of sub-ideas and a second visual arrangement for said second plurality of sub-ideas, said first visual arrangement representing a plurality of associations among said first plurality of sub-idea, said second visual arrangement representing a plurality of associations among said second plurality of sub-ideas, wherein at least one of said first plurality of sub-ideas is arranged as a linker-idea linking at least two others of said first plurality of sub-ideas; and

depict said copied Idea Page in said user-context as a multi-level visual space, including depicting said first visual arrangement as a first-level idea page on a first level in said multi-level visual space and depicting said second visual arrangement as a second-level idea page on a second level of said multi-level visual space.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by said Idea Page server from said Idea Page engine executing on said remote device, a request to associate a digital content item with at least one item selected from said first plurality of sub-ideas, said first-level idea, said second plurality of sub-ideas, and said second-level idea;

obtaining, by said Idea Page server from said remote device, said digital content item;

storing, by said Idea Page server, said digital content item in a content item data store communicatively coupled with said Idea Page server; and

associating said stored digital content item with said at least one item selected from said first plurality of sub-ideas, said first-level idea, said second plurality of sub-ideas, and said second-level idea.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising associating said digital content item in said content item data store with a second item selected from said first plurality of sub-ideas, said first-level idea, said second plurality of sub-ideas, and said second-level idea, such that said digital content item exists in multiple contexts within said Idea Page.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said digital content item comprises dynamic content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said dynamic content includes at least one of a real-time data feed and a dynamically determined result of a data store query.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said Idea Page further comprises an additional first-level or second-level idea, which said user lacks permission to view, and wherein copying said Idea Page into said user-context comprises removing said additional first-level or second-level idea from said copied Idea Page prior to generating said data response.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by said Idea Page server from said Idea Page engine executing on said remote device, an indication to add to said copied Idea Page a shared item shared by a second user, said shared item comprising at least one of a shared idea and a shared digital content item, said shared item being stored in a content item data store communicatively coupled with said Idea Page server;

generating, by said Idea Page server, a second data response corresponding to said shared item;

providing, by said Idea Page server, said second data response to said remote device for said Idea Page engine to add said shared item to said copied Idea Page in said user-context.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving an indication that said shared item has been modified by said user; and

notifying said second user that said shared item has been modified.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by said Idea Page server from said Idea Page engine executing on said remote device, a request to associate a task-related property with at least one item selected from said first plurality of sub-ideas, said first-level idea, said second plurality of sub-ideas, and said second-level idea; and

associating, by said Idea Page server, said task-related property with said selected at least one item in said idea page data store.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said task-related property includes a selected one of a priority level, a completion status, a start date, a due date, a completion date, an owner, and a project property.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said task-related property includes a relationship property indicating a relationship between said selected at least one item and another item selected from said first plurality of sub-ideas, said first-level idea, said second plurality of sub-ideas, and said second-level idea.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said relationship property indicates a subordinate or follow-up relationship to said other item.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by said Idea Page server from said Idea Page engine executing on said remote device, a request to associate note data with at least one item selected from said first plurality of sub-ideas, said first-level idea, said second plurality of sub-ideas, and said second-level idea; and

associating, by said Idea Page server, said note data with said selected at least one item in said idea page data store.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said note data includes at least a selected one of text data, graphics data, audio data, and video data.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform the method of claim 1.

16. A computing apparatus comprising a processor and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the apparatus to perform the method of claim 1.