Event triggered notifications for collaborative processes
First Claim
1. A method of tracking a collaborative process and propagating a notification of an occurrence of an event to an originator comprising:
- receiving at a collaborative process server computer coupled to a network environment, an indication that a user has initiated, with a first collaborative process application, a computer implemented collaborative process that generates collaborative content associated with the collaborative process, wherein the user defines an originator of the generated collaborative content;
obtaining by the collaborative process server computer, a designation that events associated with the initiated collaborative process are to be tracked;
sharing the generated collaborative content associated with the collaborative process with at least one recipient;
obtaining by the collaborative process server computer, information identifying the occurrence of at least one computer detectable event associated with the shared generated collaborative content other than a communication from any recipient back to the originator;
automatically transforming information associated with the collaborative process in response to at least one detected event associated with the shared generated collaborative content; and
propagating a notification to the originator that informs the originator of the at least one detected event, wherein the notification is generated in response to the at least one detected event and is based upon the transformed information;
wherein;
sharing the generated collaborative content associated with the collaborative process with at least one recipient further comprises;
providing a notice to at least one recipient that events are being tracked to send notifications to the originator, andproviding each recipient that receives the notice with an option to enable sending notifications or disable sending notifications; and
propagating a notification to the originator further comprises;
refraining from propagating the notification when the at least one detected event is associated with a recipient that received the notice and that indicated the option to disable sending notifications.
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Abstract
Notifications that serve as “hints” related to activity associated with a collaborative process are propagated to an originator to alert the originator of activity on the collaborative process. A collaborative process server computer receives an indication that the originator has initiated a computer implemented collaborative process that generates collaborative content to be tracked. The collaborative process server computer is utilized to share the collaborative content associated with the collaborative process with at least one recipient. Computer implemented event(s) associated with the shared collaborative content by recipients are detected. Information associated with the collaborative process is automatically transformed in response to detected event(s) associated with the shared collaborative content, wherein a notification of the occurrence of the event(s) is propagated to the originator. The notification is generated in response to detected event(s) and is based upon the transformed information.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of tracking a collaborative process and propagating a notification of an occurrence of an event to an originator comprising:
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receiving at a collaborative process server computer coupled to a network environment, an indication that a user has initiated, with a first collaborative process application, a computer implemented collaborative process that generates collaborative content associated with the collaborative process, wherein the user defines an originator of the generated collaborative content; obtaining by the collaborative process server computer, a designation that events associated with the initiated collaborative process are to be tracked; sharing the generated collaborative content associated with the collaborative process with at least one recipient; obtaining by the collaborative process server computer, information identifying the occurrence of at least one computer detectable event associated with the shared generated collaborative content other than a communication from any recipient back to the originator; automatically transforming information associated with the collaborative process in response to at least one detected event associated with the shared generated collaborative content; and propagating a notification to the originator that informs the originator of the at least one detected event, wherein the notification is generated in response to the at least one detected event and is based upon the transformed information; wherein; sharing the generated collaborative content associated with the collaborative process with at least one recipient further comprises; providing a notice to at least one recipient that events are being tracked to send notifications to the originator, and providing each recipient that receives the notice with an option to enable sending notifications or disable sending notifications; and propagating a notification to the originator further comprises; refraining from propagating the notification when the at least one detected event is associated with a recipient that received the notice and that indicated the option to disable sending notifications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product to track a computer implemented collaborative process and propagate a notification of an occurrence of an event to an originator comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to receive, at a collaborative process server computer coupled to a network environment, an indication that a user has initiated a computer implemented collaborative process, with a first collaborative process application, that generates collaborative content associated with the first collaborative process, wherein the user defines an originator of the generated collaborative content; computer readable program code configured to obtain, by the collaborative process server computer, a designation that events associated with the initiated collaborative process are to be tracked, wherein information associated with the collaborative process is stored in a computer storage device accessible by the collaborative process server computer, computer readable program code configured to share the generated collaborative content associated with the first collaborative process with at least one recipient; computer readable program code configured to obtain, by the collaborative process server computer, information identifying the occurrence of at least one computer detectable event associated with the shared generated collaborative content other than a communication from any recipient back to the originator; computer readable program code configured to transform the computer stored information associated with the collaborative process in response to at least one detected event associated with the shared generated collaborative content; and computer readable program code configured to propagate a notification to the originator that informs the originator of the at least one detected event, wherein the notification is generated in response to the at least one detected event and is based upon the transformed information; wherein the computer readable program code configured to share the generated collaborative content further comprises computer readable program code configured to; provide a notice to at least one recipient that events are being tracked to send notifications to the originator, and provide each recipient that receives the notice with an option to enable sending notifications or disable ending notifications; and the computer readable program code configured to propagate a notification to the originator further comprises; computer readable program code configured to refrain from propagating the notification when the at least one detected event is associated with a recipient that received the notice and that indicated the option to disable sending notifications. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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