CONTENT FOLLOWING CONTENT FOR PROVIDING UPDATES TO CONTENT LEVERAGED IN A DECK

• US 20160299931A1
• Filed: 03/11/2016
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Banatwala, Mustansir, Brooks, David A., Russo, Joseph A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,990,578 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24568 Data stream processing; Continuous queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A method for providing updates for pieces of content in a deck may include creating, by a processor, a deck. The deck may include a plurality of pieces of content. The method may also include leveraging, by the processor, a part of existing content, existing before creation of the deck, for at least one of the plurality of pieces of content in the deck. The at least one of the plurality of pieces of content in the deck, that leverages the part of existing content, is leveraged content and the part of the existing content is referenced content. The method may additionally include configuring, by the processor, the leveraged content for following the referenced content or ancillary content of the referenced content to obtain updates or notifications of updates to the referenced content or ancillary content.

Claims

1. A method for providing updates for pieces of content in a deck comprising:

creating, by a processor, a deck, the deck comprising a plurality of pieces of content;

leveraging, by the processor, a part of existing content, existing before creation of the deck, for at least one of the plurality of pieces of content in the deck, the at least one of the plurality of pieces of content in the deck, that leverages the part of existing content, being leveraged content and the part of the existing content being referenced content; and

configuring, by the processor, the leveraged content for following the referenced content or ancillary content of the referenced content to obtain updates or notifications of updates to the referenced content or ancillary content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the leveraged content to follow the referenced content or ancillary content comprises subscribing the leveraged content to receive updates or notifications of updates to the referenced content or ancillary content.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising creating an integrated contextual activity stream comprising the updates or notifications of updates to the referenced content or ancillary content.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising providing a feature associated with the integrated contextual activity stream for incorporating the updates to the referenced content or ancillary content in the deck.

5. The method of claim 2, identifying the leveraged content in the deck that is subscribed to corresponding referenced content or ancillary content.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving an update or a notification of an update to the referenced content or the ancillary content by the leveraged content in the deck; and

storing in a memory the update or the notification of the update in association with the leveraged content.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising presenting the update or the notification of the update to the referenced content or the ancillary content in response to a predetermined action.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the predetermined action comprises one of automatically presenting the update or the notification of the update to the referenced content or the ancillary content in response to presenting the leveraged content, or presenting the update or the notification of the update to the referenced content in response to activating a feature in a graphical user interface associated with the leveraged content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the leveraged content to follow the referenced content comprises associating a link to the referenced content or the ancillary content with the leveraged content.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing in a memory the link to the referenced content or the ancillary content with the associated leveraged content.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

converting each piece of content in the deck to plain text;

extracting the link to the referenced content or the ancillary content from the leveraged content; and

subscribing the leveraged content to receive the updates or the notifications of updates to the referenced content or ancillary content.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving updates or the notifications of the updates to the referenced content or ancillary content by the leveraged content in the deck; and

storing in a memory the updates or the notifications of the updates in association with the leveraged content.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising presenting the updates or the notifications of the updates to the referenced content or the ancillary content in response to a predetermined action.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

creating an integrated contextual activity stream comprising the updates or the notifications of the updates to the referenced content; and

providing the integrated contextual activity stream in association with the leveraged content in response to a predetermined action, wherein the predetermined action comprises one of automatically presenting the integrated contextual activity stream when presenting the associated leveraged content or presenting the integrated contextual activity stream in response to activating a feature on a graphical user interface associated with the associated leveraged content.

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