Patent ID: 9009601
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing a collaborative environment, the method comprising: identifying, by a processor, a collaborative environment wherein a plurality of users of the collaborative environment provide a plurality of items, each item of the plurality of items being related to at least one other item of the plurality of items, wherein the plurality of users of the collaborative environment are not an administrator of the collaborative environment; receiving, by the processor, from a device of a user of the collaborative environment, a request to flag for review by an administrator an item of the plurality of items, the request further comprising a reason for flagging the item and a description associated with the reason, wherein the reason for flagging the flagged item comprises at least one of an offensive item reason, a confidential item reason, a move item reason, a duplicate item reason, or an administrator generated reason; determining, by the processor, a priority level of a plurality of priority levels for handling the review of the item flagged for review by the administrator based on, at least, the reason for flagging the item for review by the administrator and a number of items that have been innovated from the flagged item, wherein each priority level of the plurality of priority levels is associated with one or more actions to be performed by the processor depending on the priority level determined for handling the review of the flagged item by the administrator said one or more actions including one or more of: determining, by the processor, the number of items previously flagged by the user and at least one of: performing, by the processor, the action associated with the adjusted priority level for handling the review of the flagged item.