Systems and methods for web collaboration
A server includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The memory stores shared documents used for collaboration, with each shared document having respective keywords associated therewith. The processor receives a user-selected portion of a web page displayed on at least one client device, matches keywords from the shared documents to keywords associated with the user-selected portion of the displayed web page, and selects at least one of the shared documents based upon the matching. The selected portion of the displayed web page is appended to the selected at least one shared document.
1. A server comprising:
a memory configured to store a plurality of shared documents used for collaboration, with each shared document having respective keywords associated therewith; and
a processor coupled to said memory and configured to perform the following:
receive a user-selected portion of a web page displayed on at least one client device after the plurality of shared documents have been stored in said memory,
match keywords from the shared documents to keywords associated with the user-selected portion of the displayed web page,
select at least one of the shared documents based upon the matching, and
append the selected portion of the displayed web page to the selected at least one shared document.
2. The server according to claim 1 wherein said processor is further configured to scan the selected portion of the displayed web page for keyword occurrence, and selection of the at least one shared document is based on a frequency of the keywords in the selected portion of the displayed web page exceeding a frequency threshold.
3. The server according to claim 2 wherein if the frequency of the keywords does not exceed the frequency threshold, then said processor is further configured to scan all of the displayed web page for keyword occurrence, and selection of the at least one shared document is based on the frequency of the keywords in all of the displayed web page exceeding the frequency threshold.
4. The server according to claim 2 wherein if the frequency of the keywords does not exceed the frequency threshold, then said processor is further configured to display a list of the shared documents for a user of the at least one client device to select the at least one shared document that is to receive the selected portion of the displayed web page as an appendage.
5. The server according to claim 1 wherein the at least one client device interfaces with a browser, with web pages being accessed by the browser based on a search query, and wherein said processor is further configured to match keywords from the shared documents to keywords associated with the portion of the displayed web page based on context of the words used in the search query.
6. The server according to claim 1 wherein said processor is further configured to append metadata from the displayed web page to the selected at least one shared document.
7. The server according to claim 6 wherein the metadata includes at least one of a name of a user who collected the displayed portion of the web page, data/time at which the displayed portion of the web page was collected, and a link to the web page from which the displayed portion of the web page originated.
8. The server according to claim 1 wherein the selected portion of the displayed web page comprises snippet text, and the words associated with the displayed portion of the web page correspond to words in the snippet text.
9. The server according to claim 1 wherein the selected portion of the displayed web page comprises an image with metadata associated therewith, and the words associated with the displayed portion of the web page correspond to words in the metadata.
10. The server according to claim 1 wherein the selected portion of the displayed web page comprises an image, and wherein said processor is further configured to create a thumbnail of the image, with the thumbnail being appended to the selected at least one shared document.
11. The server according to claim 1 wherein the at least one client device comprises a plurality of client devices, with each client device displaying a respective web page having a portion thereof selected, and wherein said processor is configured to append the selected portions of the respective web pages across the plurality of client devices.
12. The server according to claim 11 wherein if at least two of the selected portions of the respective web pages are to be appended at a same time, then said processor will queue the at least two selected portions of the respective web pages and append one after the other.
13. The server according to claim 1 wherein said processor is further configured to create a new shared document for collaboration based on user input if the selected portion of the displayed web page is not appended to an existing shared document.
14. A method comprising:
storing a plurality of shared documents used for collaboration, with each shared document having respective keywords associated therewith;
receiving a user-selected portion of a web page displayed on at least one client device after the plurality of shared documents have been stored;
matching keywords from the shared documents to keywords associated with the user-selected portion of the displayed web page;
selecting at least one of the shared documents based upon the matching; and
appending the selected portion of the displayed web page to the selected at least one shared document.
15. The method according to claim 14 further comprising scanning the selected portion of the displayed web page for keyword occurrence, and selection of the at least one shared document is based on a frequency of the keywords in the selected portion of the displayed web page exceeding a frequency threshold.
16. The method according to claim 15 wherein if the frequency of the keywords does not exceed the frequency threshold, then further comprising scanning all of the displayed web page for keyword occurrence, and selection of the at least one shared document is based on the frequency of the keywords in all of the displayed web page exceeding the frequency threshold.
17. The method according to claim 15 wherein if the frequency of the keywords does not exceed the frequency threshold, then further comprising displaying a list of the shared documents for a user of the at least one client device to select the at least one shared document that is to receive the selected portion of the displayed web page as an appendage.
18. The method according to claim 14 wherein the at least one client device interfaces with a browser, with web pages being accessed by the browser based on a search query, and further comprising matching keywords from the shared documents to keywords associated with the portion of the displayed web page based on context of the words used in the search query.
19. The method according to claim 14 further comprising appending metadata from the displayed web page to the selected at least one shared document.
20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of computer executable instructions for causing a server to perform steps comprising:
storing a plurality of shared documents used fox collaboration, with each shared document having respective keywords associated therewith;
receiving a user-selected portion of a web page displayed on at least one client device after the plurality of shared documents have been stored;
matching keywords from the shared documents to keywords associated with the user-selected portion of the displayed web page;
selecting at least one of the shared documents based upon the matching; and
appending the selected portion of the displayed web page to the selected at least one shared document.