METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONTENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC COLLABORATION TOOL
A method of managing content is disclosed. Data which is associated with an activity of a business process is obtained. Said activity is external to an automated business process of an electronic collaboration tool. The automated business process corresponds to the business process. It is determined if the data has a unique identifier associated therewith, indicative of the automated business process. The data is associated in a computer memory device with the automated business process if the data has the unique identifier associated therewith.
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24 . A method, comprising:
determining, by a processing device, that a first document originated by a first entity requires actions from the first entity and a second entity;
identifying, by the processing device, an automated business process to be executed by an electronic collaboration tool to perform the actions required from the first entity and the second entity;
monitoring, by the processing device, a flow of communications involving at least one of the first entity and the second entity, wherein the flow of communications is performed via an application other than the electronic collaboration tool;
obtaining, by the processing device, a second document from the flow of communications;
determining, by the processing device, that one or more keywords included in the second document are correlated to a unique identifier for the automated business process; and
generating, by the processing device, a reference to the second document in a computer memory device accessible by the electronic collaboration tool in executing the automated business process, wherein the reference includes the unique identifier and is generated based on the second document having the one or more keywords correlated to the unique identifier.
25 . The method of claim 24 , wherein obtaining the second document from the flow of communications comprises obtaining an email communicated sent by at least one of the first entity and the second entity.
26 . The computer program product of claim 34 , wherein determining that the one or more keywords included in the second document are correlated to the unique identifier comprises determining that one or more keywords in a subject field of the obtained email are correlated to the unique identifier.
27 . The computer program product of claim 34 , wherein determining that the one or more keywords included in the second document are correlated to the unique identifier comprises determining that one or more keywords in a body of the obtained email are correlated to the unique identifier.
28 . The method of claim 24 , wherein obtaining the second document from the flow of communications comprises at least one of:
obtaining a sound file generated by at least one of the first entity and the second entity;
obtaining an image file generated by at least one of the first entity and the second entity;
obtaining an electronic document generated by at least one of the first entity and the second entity;
obtaining a text message sent by at least one of the first entity and the second entity; or
receiving the second document via a graphical interface accessed by at least one of the first entity and the second entity.
29 . The method of claim 24 , wherein monitoring the flow of communications involving at least one of the first entity and the second entity comprises monitoring a dashboard accessible via the application other than the electronic collaboration tool.
30 . The method of claim 24 , wherein generating the reference to the second document in the computer memory device accessible by the electronic collaboration tool comprises adding the second document as an attachment to the automated business process, wherein the attachment is accessible by the electronic collaboration tool.
31 . The method of claim 24 , further comprising rendering, by the processing device, an output of the automated business process which includes the second document.
32 . The method of claim 24 , wherein the flow of communications does not include transmitting the first document.
33 . A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing device for performing a method comprising:
determining that a first document originated by a first entity requires actions from the first entity and a second entity;
identifying an automated business process to be executed by an electronic collaboration tool to perform the actions required from the first entity and the second entity;
monitoring a flow of communications involving at least one of the first entity and the second entity, wherein the flow of communications is performed via an application other than the electronic collaboration tool;
obtaining a second document from the flow of communications;
determining that one or more keywords included in the second document are correlated to a unique identifier for the automated business process; and
generating a reference to the second document in a computer memory device accessible by the electronic collaboration tool in executing the automated business process, wherein the reference includes the unique identifier and is generated based on the second document having the one or more keywords correlated to the unique identifier.
34 . The computer program product of claim 33 , wherein obtaining the second document from the flow of communications comprises obtaining an email communicated sent by at least one of the first entity and the second entity.
35 . The computer program product of claim 34 , wherein determining that the one or more keywords included in the second document are correlated to the unique identifier comprises determining that one or more keywords in a subject field of the obtained email are correlated to the unique identifier.
36 . The computer program product of claim 34 , wherein determining that the one or more keywords included in the second document are correlated to the unique identifier comprises determining that one or more keywords in a body of the obtained email are correlated to the unique identifier.
37 . The computer program product of claim 33 , wherein obtaining the second document from the flow of communications comprises at least one of:
obtaining a sound file generated by at least one of the first entity and the second entity;
obtaining an image file generated by at least one of the first entity and the second entity;
obtaining an electronic document generated by at least one of the first entity and the second entity;
obtaining a text message sent by at least one of the first entity and the second entity; or
receiving the second document via a graphical interface accessed by at least one of the first entity and the second entity.
38 . The computer program product of claim 33 , wherein monitoring the flow of communications involving at least one of the first entity and the second entity comprises monitoring a dashboard accessible via the application other than the electronic collaboration tool.
39 . The computer program product of claim 33 , wherein generating the reference to the second document in the computer memory device accessible by the electronic collaboration tool comprises adding the second document as an attachment to the automated business process, wherein the attachment is accessible by the electronic collaboration tool.
40 . The computer program product of claim 33 , further comprising instructions executable by the processing device for rendering an output of the automated business process which includes the second document.
41 . The computer program product of claim 33 , wherein determining that the one or more keywords included in the second document are correlated to the unique identifier for the automated business process comprises determining that a combination of keywords included in the second document corresponds to a combination of attributes of the automated business process associated with the unique identifier.
42 . A system, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
a processor configured to execute instructions embodied in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to perform operations comprising:
determining that a first document originated by a first entity requires actions from the first entity and a second entity;
identifying an automated business process to be executed by an electronic collaboration tool to perform the actions required from the first entity and the second entity;
monitoring a flow of communications involving at least one of the first entity and the second entity, wherein the flow of communications is performed via an application other than the electronic collaboration tool;
obtaining a second document from the flow of communications;
determining that one or more keywords included in the second document are correlated to a unique identifier for the automated business process; and
generating a reference to the second document in a computer memory device accessible by the electronic collaboration tool in executing the automated business process, wherein the reference includes the unique identifier and is generated based on the second document having the one or more key words correlated to the unique identifier.
43 . The system of claim 42 , wherein obtaining the second document from the flow of communications comprises obtaining an email communicated sent by at least one of the first entity and the second entity.
44 . The system of claim 42 , wherein determining that the one or more keywords included in the second document are correlated to the unique identifier for the automated business process comprises determining that a combination of keywords included in the second document corresponds to a combination of attributes of the automated business process associated with the unique identifier.
45 . The system of claim 42 , wherein the processing device is further configured for executing the electronic collaboration tool embodied in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to render an output of the automated business process which includes the second document.