Social media integration and collaboration tools in a system for linking structured database management systems with document creation and word processing tools
View Patent ↗Computer architecture including an add-in for linking document creation application with a cloud-based structured database management system and for and integrating a social network media feeds. Integrating social network media feeds and calibration tools into a word processing application linked with a contract creation and contract lifecycle management application. Integrating social network media feeds and calibration tools of a social network that runs on the same platform as the structured database management system and that shares log-in credentials with the structured database management system.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
in a computational device:
configuring a document creation application with an add-in comprising instructions for linking said document creation application with a business management application that runs on a platform of a structured database management system and stores datum in said structured database management system;
configuring said add-in with one or more tools that, when executed, accesses utilities of said business management application via said document creation application without leaving an interface of said document creation application, wherein said one or more tools at least comprises data linking tools comprising an executable data-pull utility that pulls datum from the structured database management system and inserts said datum into a structured field in a document in said document creation application; and
configuring said add-in with a social network integration tool for integrating one or more social media interfaces of one or more social networks into an interface of the document creation application, wherein
said integrated one or more social media interfaces comprises media feeds including a first media feed comprising information relating to a selected portion of text in a document open in said document creation application.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said document creation application comprises a word processing application, and wherein said add-in comprises a plugin for said word processing application.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said business management application comprises a business lifecycle management application configured for creating a quote for a plurality of customers, engaging and negotiating an agreement, managing customer orders, and invoicing customers.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said business management application comprises a contract creation and a contract lifecycle management application.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said structured database management system comprises a cloud-based structured database management system.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said one or more social networks comprises a social network external to said structured database management system.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said one or more social networks runs on the same platform as said structured database management system.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said one or more social networks comprises a webspace of user profile pages for networking a plurality of users with each other, and wherein said plurality of users receive one or more media feeds comprising static information, multimedia information, or a combination of static information and multimedia information relating to theirs or other users' interests.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein said one or more social networks further comprises an interface for entering text, objects, or a combination of text and objects into, and wherein said entered text and objects is posted in said users profile page, sent to another user, displayed in one or more media feeds, or a combination thereof.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said first media feed includes information relating to the document as a whole.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said media feeds further includes at least one additional media feed, wherein said user can switch views between the first media feed, the at least one additional media feed, and a combination view of the first media feed and the at least one additional media feed.
12. A system comprising:
a non-transitory machine readable medium; and
instructions carried by the machine-readable medium and operable to cause a programmable processor to perform:
configuring a word processing application with an add-in comprising instructions for linking said word processing application with a business management application that runs on a platform of a structured database management system and stores datum in said structured database management system;
configuring said add-in with one or more tools that, when executed, accesses utilities of said business management application via said document creation application without leaving an interface of said document creation application, wherein said one or more tools at least comprise data linking tools comprising an executable data-pull utility that pulls datum from the structured database management system and inserts said datum into a structured field in a document in said document creation application; and
configuring said add-in with a social network integration tool for integrating one or more social media interfaces of one or more social networks into a task pane of the word processing application, wherein
said integrated one or more social media interfaces comprises media feeds including a first media feed comprising information relating to a selected portion of text in a document open in said document creation application.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein said business management application comprises one of:
a business lifecycle management application configured for creating a quote for a plurality of customers, engaging and negotiating an agreement, managing customer orders, and invoicing customers;
a contract creation and contract lifecycle management application; and
a business management suite comprising a business lifecycle management application configured for creating a quote for a plurality of customers, engaging and negotiating an agreement, managing customer orders, and invoicing customers and a contract creation and contract lifecycle management application.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein said structured database management system comprises a cloud-based structured database management system.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein said one or more social networks comprises a social networks external to said structured database management system.
16. The system of claim 13 , wherein said one or more social networks comprises runs on the same platform as said structured database management system.
17. The system of claim 13 , wherein said one or more social networks comprises:
a webspace of user profile pages for networking a plurality of users with each other, and wherein said plurality of users receive one or more media feeds comprising static information, multimedia information, or a combination of static information and multimedia information relating to theirs or other users' interests;
an interface for entering text, objects, or a combination of text and objects into, and wherein said entered text and objects is posted in said users profile page, sent to another user, displayed in one or more media feeds, or a combination thereof.
18. The system of claim 13 , wherein said one or more media feeds includes a first media feed comprising one of:
information relating to the document as a whole;
and
a combination of information relating to the document open in said document creation application, information relating to the document as a whole, and information relating to a selected portion of text in the document open in said document creation application.
19. The system of claim 18 , further comprising at least one additional media feed, wherein said user can switch views between the first media feed, the at least one additional media feed, and a combination view of the first media feed and the at least one additional media feed.