Providing a visual indication that stored content is associated with a collaboration environment

• US 9,519,399 B1
• Filed: 03/07/2006
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Goodale, Andrew, Kleppner, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffery A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brahmachari, Mandrita
• Application Number:
  US11/370,296
• Time in Patent Office: 3,934 Days
• Field of Search: 715/530, 715/758
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00

Abstract

Providing visual indication that an item of content is associated with a collaboration environment is disclosed. It is determined that a set of content items comprising one or more items of content comprising a body of managed content are to be displayed to a user. In the event that a collaboration content item included in the set of content items is associated with a collaboration environment of which the user is a member, visual indication is provided that the content item is associated with the collaboration environment.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a plurality of items of content to a user in icon form, comprising:

determining that a first and a second content item in a set of content items comprising a body of managed content are to be displayed to the user in icon form;

determining that the first content item in the set is a general content item that is not associated with any collaboration environment;

determining that the second content item is a collaboration content item associated with at least a first collaboration environment of which the user is a member;

incorporating, into an icon for the second content item determined to be associated with the first collaboration environment, a first visual indication that indicates the second content item is associated with the first collaboration environment and is not a general content item, wherein the first visual indication includes at least one addition to a standard icon used to represent general content items, and wherein the addition identifies the first collaboration environment;

displaying the standard icon for the first content item, wherein the standard icon indicates that the first content item is a general content item not exclusively owned by any collaboration environment; and

displaying the icon for the second content item that comprises the first visual indication indicating that the second content item is associated with the first collaboration environment.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein the first visual indication further comprises a different icon to a standard icon associated with the content item.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein the first visual indication further comprises a variation of an icon associated with the second content item.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein the first visual indication depends on the first collaboration environment that the second content item is associated with.

5. A method as in claim 1, wherein the first visual indication depends on the first collaboration environment that the second content item is associated with and on rights the user has as a member of the first collaboration environment.

6. A method as in claim 1, further comprising in the event that another content item is associated with a second environment of which the user is not a member, providing visual indication that the other content item is associated with the second environment by providing no visual indication of the other content item to the user.

7. A method as in claim 1, further comprising in the event that another content item is associated with a second environment of which the user is not a member, providing visual indication that the other content item is associated with the second environment by providing no access to the other content item for an application that the user executes.

8. A method as in claim 1, further comprising in the event that another content item is associated with a second environment of which the user is not a member, providing visual indication that the other content item is associated with the second environment by providing visual indication that the other content item is not accessible to the user.

9. A method as in claim 1, wherein determining that the set of content items comprising the first and second items of content comprising a body of managed content are to be displayed to a user comprises receiving a search query to which the set of content items is responsive.

10. A method as in claim 1, wherein determining that the set of content items comprising the first and second items of content comprising a body of managed content are to be displayed to a user comprises receiving a browse request to a place where the set of content items resides.

11. A method as in claim 1, wherein determining that the set of content items comprising the first and second items of content comprising a body of managed content are to be displayed to a user comprises receiving a request to view content associated with the first collaboration environment.

12. A method as in claim 1, further comprising determining that the second content item is exclusively governed by the first collaboration environment, wherein the exclusive governance comprises complete control by the first collaboration space over at least one of the following:

visibility of the second content item, access to the second content item, and user rights with respect to the second content item, and wherein the first visual indication further indicates that the second content item is associated with and governed by the first collaboration environment.

13. A method as in claim 1, further comprising determining that the second content item is associated with the first collaboration environment but is not exclusively governed by the first collaboration environment, and providing no visual indication that the content item is associated with the first collaboration environment.

14. A method as in claim 1, further comprising:

in the event that the second content item is associated with the first collaboration environment and is exclusively governed by the first collaboration environment, providing the first visual indication; and

in the event that the second content item is associated with the first collaboration environment but is not exclusively governed by the first collaboration environment, providing a different visual indication.

17. A method as in claim 1, further comprising incorporating, into an icon for each collaboration content item determined to be owned exclusively by a second collaboration environment, a second visual indication that indicates the collaboration content item is associated with the second environment, and that the second content item is not a general content item and not a content item associated with the first collaboration environment.

15. A computer program product for displaying a plurality of items of content to a user in icon form, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

determining that a first and a second content item in a set of content items comprising a body of managed content are to be displayed to the user in icon form;

determining that the first content item in the set is a general content item that is not associated with any collaboration environment;

determining that the second content item is a collaboration content item associated with at least a first collaboration environment of which the user is a member;

incorporating, into an icon for the second content item determined to be associated with the first collaboration environment, a first visual indication that indicates the second content item is associated with the first collaboration environment and is not a general content item, wherein the first visual indication includes at least one addition to a standard icon used to represent general content items, and wherein the addition identifies the first collaboration environment;

displaying the standard icon for the first content item, wherein the standard icon indicates that the first content item is a general content item not exclusively owned by any collaboration environment; and

displaying the icon for the second content item that comprises the first visual indication indicating that the second content item is associated with the first collaboration environment.

16. A system for displaying a plurality of items of content to a user in icon form, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to;

determine that a first and a second content item in a set of content items comprising a body of managed content are to be displayed to the user in icon form;

determine that the first content item in the set is a general content item that is not associated with any collaboration environment;

determine that the second content item is a collaboration content item associated with at least a first collaboration environment of which the user is a member;

incorporate, into an icon for the second content item determined to be associated with the first collaboration environment, a first visual indication that indicates the second content item is associated with the first collaboration environment and is not a general content item, wherein the first visual indication includes at least one addition to a standard icon used to represent general content items, and wherein the addition identifies the first collaboration environment;

display the standard icon for the first content item, wherein the standard icon indicates that the first content item is a general content item not exclusively owned by any collaboration environment; and

display the icon for the second content item that comprises the first visual indication indicating that the second content item is associated with the first collaboration environment.