IP Library Granted Patent US 11,290,296
Granted Patent B2
US 11,290,296 · App. 16/915,350 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Systems and methods for providing a collaboration work management platform that facilitates differentiation between users in an overarching group and one or more subsets of individual users

Inventors: Srikrishna Raghavan (San Francisco, CA); Lawrence Han (Oakland, CA)
Assignee: Asana, Inc.
H04L12/185G06F21/62G06Q10/06G06Q10/103H04L12/1822H04L51/04H04L67/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,290,296
App. No.
16/915,350
Filed
Jun 29, 2020
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2457
USPC
709/204
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing a collaboration work management platform that facilitates differentiation between users in an overarching group and one or more subsets of individual users within the overarching group to enable the users within the individual subsets to use the collaboration work management platform differently users within the other subsets, the method being implemented by a computer system including one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information for maintaining a collaboration environment.

Claims (31)

1. A system configured to provide a collaboration environment, the system comprising:

one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:

manage environment state information for maintaining a collaboration environment, the environment state information defining values of user parameters associated with users interacting with and viewing the collaboration environment, the user parameters including a group parameter and a subset parameter, values of the group parameter identifying an overarching group of the users, values of the subset parameter denoting one or more subsets within the overarching group to which one or more of the users belong;

determine when the users belonging to individual subsets are collaborating within the collaboration environment with the users belonging to other ones of the individual subsets; and

enable or disable use of features for the users based on determination of when the users belonging to the individual subsets are collaborating with the users belonging to the other ones of the individual subsets, such that:

use of first level features by individual ones of the users belonging to a first subset of users but not belonging to a second subset of users is enabled while the individual ones of the users belonging to the first subset of users are collaborating with the individual ones of the users belonging to the second subset of users, and

the use of the first level features is disabled when the individual ones of the users belonging to the first subset of users are done collaborating with the individual ones of the users belonging to the second subset of users.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein access to a first level feature is provided based on belonging to both the overarching group and the first subset of users.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the access to the first level feature is restricted based on belonging to the overarching group but not to the first subset of users.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the users belonging to different ones of the individual subsets have different level accounts.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the users having the different level accounts have access to different level features.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first level features include one or more of custom work unit templates, external invite capabilities, dashboard reports across subsets, advanced search features, limiting access to work units, advanced support resources, dependency capabilities, or onboarding resources.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the overarching group includes one or more of an organization, a company, an entity, a corporation, an enterprise, or a business.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first subset of users includes one or more of a sub-group, a division, a department, or a task force within the overarching group.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein collaborating includes working on a specific unit of work within the collaboration environment.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein collaborating includes performing a specific interaction within the collaboration environment.

11. A method to provide a collaboration environment, the system comprising:

managing environment state information for maintaining a collaboration environment, the environment state information defining values of user parameters associated with users interacting with and viewing the collaboration environment, the user parameters including a group parameter and a subset parameter, values of the group parameter identifying an overarching group of the users, values of the subset parameter denoting one or more subsets within the overarching group to which one or more of the users belong;

determining when the users belonging to individual subsets are collaborating within the collaboration environment with the users belonging to other ones of the individual subsets; and

enabling or disabling use of features for the users based on determination of when the users belonging to the individual subsets are collaborating with the users belonging to the other ones of the individual subsets, including:

enabling use of first level features by individual ones of the users belonging to a first subset of users but not belonging to a second subset of users while the individual ones of the users belonging to the first subset of users are collaborating with the individual ones of the users belonging to the second subset of users, and

disabling the use of the first level features when the individual ones of the users belonging to the first subset of users are done collaborating with the individual ones of the users belonging to the second subset of users.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein access to a first level feature is provided based on belonging to both the overarching group and the first subset of users.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the access to the first level feature is restricted based on belonging to the overarching group but not to the first subset of users.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the users belonging to different ones of the individual subsets have different level accounts.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the users having the different level accounts have access to different level features.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first level features include one or more of custom work unit templates, external invite capabilities, dashboard reports across subsets, advanced search features, limiting access to work units, advanced support resources, dependency capabilities, or onboarding resources.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the overarching group includes one or more of an organization, a company, an entity, a corporation, an enterprise, or a business.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first subset of users includes one or more of a sub-group, a division, a department, or a task force within the overarching group.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein collaborating includes working on a specific unit of work within the collaboration environment.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein collaborating includes performing a specific interaction within the collaboration environment.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2022
From: ASANA, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 061898/0346 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 053076 FRAME: 0531. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 17, 2020
From: RAGHAVAN, SRIKRISHNA; HAN, LAWRENCE
To: ASANA, INC.
Reel/Frame 054554/0789 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2020
From: RAGHAVAN, SRIKRISHNA; HAN, LAWRENCE
To: ASANA, INC.
Reel/Frame 053076/0531 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16003460 · Jun 8, 2018
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