Patent ID: 9740850
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for controlling which users from an organization are to be part of a community space, the method comprising: receiving an indication to create a community space from a user via a user interface; providing a list of organizations authorized to collaborate with an organization of said user; receiving a selection of at least one organization from said list of organizations authorized to collaborate with said organization of said user; creating a community space scoped to said selected at least one organization; receiving at least one indication of users to be added to said community space via a typeahead feature, wherein said at least one indication is selected from the group consisting of a login name, an e-mail address, a list of e-mail addresses, and a portion of a name; identifying users who are members of said at least one organization based on said received at least one indication to form a first list of users to engage in a collaborative activity with said user in said community space; determining whether any users from said first list of users are restricted from being displayed to said user; providing a second list of users who are members of said selected at least one organization to engage in said collaborative activity with said user in said community space who are not restricted from being displayed to said user or if restricted from being displayed to said user, said restriction being resolved by said user providing appropriate credentials; receiving a selection of at least one user from said second list of users; and adding, by a processor, said selected at least one user to said community space.