Creation of organizational hierarchies in a group-centric network via handshake mechanisms
Exemplary systems and methods for creating organizational hierarchies in a group-centric network are provided. In exemplary embodiments, a request to establish a new group within an organization on the group-centric network is received by the group-centric network host. The group-centric network host then determines if the request if from an authorized individual, such as a leader of a home group representing the organization. If the request is not from an authorized individual, at least one message-based handshake through which one or more relationships of the new group may be activated is performed.
1 . A method for creating organizational hierarchies in an organization of a group-centric network, comprising:
receiving a request to establish a new group within the organization on the group-centric network;
determining if the request is from an authorized individual of the organization; and
if the request is not from an authorized individual of the organization, performing at least one message-based handshake through which one or more relationships of the new group may be activated.
2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising, if the request is from an authorized individual, activating the new group.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the authorized individual comprises a leader of a home group of the organization.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein performing the at least one message-based handshake comprises providing an approval request message to the authorized individual.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein performing the at least one message-based handshake comprises providing a group parent request message to an individual associated with a potential parent group to the new group.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein performing the at least one message-based handshake comprises receiving a response to a message.
7 . The method of claim 6 further comprising determining based on the response whether to activate the one or more relationships.
8 . The method of claim 1 further comprising activating the new group based on a response associated with the at least one message-based handshake.
9 . The method of claim 1 further comprising performing a message-based handshake to establish individual relationships with the new group.
10 . The method of claim 9 wherein the message-based handshake comprises a leader or member invitation.
11 . The method of claim 9 wherein the message-based handshake comprises a leader or member request.
12 . A system for creating organizational hierarchies in an organization of a group-centric network, comprising:
an account set-up module configured to receive account set-up data for establishing a new group within the organization on the group-centric network;
a group activation module configured to determine whether to activate one or more relationships of the new group; and
a messaging engine configured to performing at least one message-based handshake to activate the one or more relationships of the new group.
13 . The system of claim 1 further comprising a page customization module configured to allow customization of a web page associated with the new group.
14 . The system of claim 1 further comprising a storage configured to store data associated with the new group.
15 . The system of claim 1 further comprising a web parts database configured to provide customization tools for customizing a web page associated with the new group.
16 . The system of claim 1 wherein the message-based handshake comprises an invitation handshake.
17 . The system of claim 1 wherein the message-based handshake comprises a request handshake.
18 . A machine readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program having instructions operable by a machine for creating organizational hierarchies in an organization of a group-centric network, the method comprising:
receiving a request to establish a new group within the organization on the group-centric network;
determining if the request is from an authorized individual of the organization; and
if the request is not from an authorized individual of the organization, performing at least one message-based handshake through which one or more relationships of the new group may be activated.
19 . The machine readable medium of claim 18 wherein performing the message-based handshake comprises providing an approval request message to the authorized individual.
20 . The machine readable medium of claim 18 wherein performing the message-based handshake comprises providing a group parent request message to an individual associated with a potential parent group to the new group.