Patent ID: 9071567
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising: for a selected user, searching for a plurality of workspaces defined in a computing environment and identifying, by the computer, one or more workspaces in the computing environment which the selected user is a member of, wherein a workspace defines with data at least a work project and a list of members that are assigned to collaborate in the work project, and wherein the one or more workspaces are separate and different objects in the computing environment than a social network; determining, by the computer, members of the workspaces identified which the selected user is a member of by retrieving member names from the list of members from the workspaces identified without searching a contact list from the social network; and generating, by the computer, recommendations that identify one or more of the retrieved member names from the identified workspaces for expanding a social network for the selected user of the workspace based at least in part on the retrieved member names from the workspaces identified.