ENTERPRISE-RELATED CONTEXT-APPROPRIATE USER PROMPTS
Embodiments described herein provide a system for generating context-appropriate user prompts from an application. The system improves significantly over previous systems by providing expedient, context-appropriate, and relevant user prompts corresponding to enterprise-related user functions. During operation, a computing device receives a user input in an application window. The device then analyzes the received user input to determine an enterprise objective of a user and an enterprise function associated with the user objective. The device then generates a user prompt corresponding to the enterprise function, and displays the user prompt in the same application window.
1 . A computer-executed method for generating context-appropriate user prompts from an application, comprising:
receiving, by a computing device executing the application, a user input in the application;
analyzing the received user input to determine an enterprise function corresponding to the user input;
generating a user prompt corresponding to the enterprise function; and
displaying the user prompt in the application window.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the user input to determine the enterprise function comprises applying a language processing heuristic to the input.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received user input includes a chat message or search term.
4 . The method of claim 1 :
wherein the generated user prompt includes an enterprise-related form, which further includes a user option field; and
wherein generating the user prompt further comprises pre-populating the user option field.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the enterprise function includes one or more of:
a reimbursement or expense request;
a vacation or leave request; and
task management information.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a list of pending requests involving the user and relating to the enterprise function; and
displaying the list of pending requests in the application window.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the application is an instant messaging application.
8 . A computing server system for generating context-appropriate user prompts for an application, the server system comprising:
a set of processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the set of processors storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform a method for generating context-appropriate user prompts, the method comprising:
receiving, from a client device, a user input in the application window;
analyzing the received user input to determine an enterprise function corresponding to the user input;
generating a user prompt corresponding to the enterprise function; and
sending the user prompt to the client device for display in the application window.
9 . The computing server system of claim 8 , wherein analyzing the user input to determine the enterprise function comprises applying a language processing heuristic to the input.
10 . The computing server system of claim 8 , wherein the received user input includes a chat message or search term.
11 . The computing server system of claim 8 :
wherein the generated user prompt includes an enterprise-related form, which further includes a user option field; and
wherein generating the user prompt further comprises pre-populating the user option field.
12 . The computing server system of claim 8 , wherein the enterprise function includes one or more of:
a reimbursement or expense request;
a vacation or leave request; and
task management information.
13 . The computing server system of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
generating a list of pending requests involving the user and relating to the enterprise function; and
sending the list of pending requests to the client device for display in the application window.
14 . The computing server system of claim 8 , wherein the application is an instant messaging application.
15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method for generating context-appropriate user prompts from an application, the method comprising:
receiving a user input in the application window;
analyzing the received user input to determine an enterprise function associated with the user objective;
generating a user prompt corresponding to the enterprise function; and
presenting the user prompt for display in the application window.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein analyzing the user input to determine the enterprise function comprises applying a language processing heuristic to the input.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the received user input includes a chat message or search term.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 :
wherein the generated user prompt includes an enterprise-related form, which further includes a user option field; and
wherein generating the user prompt further comprises pre-populating the user option field.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the enterprise function includes one or more of:
a reimbursement or expense request;
a vacation or leave request; and
task management information.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
generating a list of pending requests involving the user and relating to the enterprise function; and
displaying the list of pending requests in the application window.