Patent ID: 8645516
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for alerting a user when actions are performed on related data items in a collaborative environment, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor from a device of a user, a request to alert the user when an action is performed on a selected data item of a plurality of data items, wherein each data item of the plurality of data items is related to at least one other data item of the plurality of data items; receiving, by the processor from the device of the user, a relation threshold, wherein the relation threshold identifies at least one other data item related to the selected data item identifying a relationship, the at least one other data item being included in the request to alert the user based on the relation threshold; detecting, by the processor, an action being performed on the at least one other data item and evaluating the relation threshold to determine whether the at least one other data item is identified by the relation threshold; determining whether the action being performed on the at least one other data item is being performed by a user for whom actions have been indicated for exclusion; and when the actions have not been indicated for exclusion, transforming, by the processor, data describing the action being performed on the at least one other data item into an alert, wherein the alert comprises the data describing the action being performed on the at least one other data item, the at least one other data item and a description of the relationship between the at least one other data item and the selected data item; and providing, by the processor, the alert to the user via the device.