Patent ID: 9652447
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: searching a document template created using a document template creation application to identify a set of information identifiers comprised in the document template, the set of information identifiers comprising an information identifier disposed at a location within the document template; receiving authorization information for connecting to a social network; accessing an application programming interface (API); connecting to the social network by providing the authorization information to the social network using the API; identifying, in a profile of a user of a social network, user-based information corresponding to the information identifier using the API; responsive to the identifying, retrieving the user-based information from the social network using the API; responsive to the retrieving, adding the user-based information to the document template at the location within the document template; and creating a document comprising the user-based information added to the document template using a document creation application distinct from the document template creation application; wherein the document comprises a platform agnostic format that allows collaboration on the document without use of the document creation application.