Methods and apparatuses for managing data integration between an external email resource and a group-based communication system

1. A method for programmatically managing email data integration between an external email resource and a group-based communication system comprising:

associating the external email resource with an email address, a first group-based communication system user, and a first group-based communication system user identifier;

receiving an external communication object from the external email resource;

parsing the external communication object to identify external communication contextual data;

querying a group-based communication system data corpus to identify prioritization data, the group-based communication system data corpus comprising group-based communication messaging data, group-based communication channel data, and group-based communication work object data;

applying a graph-based knowledge representation data structure to the group-based communication system data corpus to analyze a strength of a user's association with the prioritization data, wherein the graph-based knowledge representation data structure indicates the user's associations to respective individual group-based communication channels of a plurality of group-based communication channels, the associations included in a channel work graph, and wherein the graph-based knowledge representation data structure determines the user's associations to each of a plurality of topics to create a topic work graph;

generating a prioritization weight estimate for the prioritization data based on the graph-based knowledge representation data structure, wherein the prioritization weight estimate comprises a plurality of group-based communication channel-related weights corresponding to the associations included in the channel work graph, and wherein the prioritization weight estimate comprises a plurality of topic-related weights corresponding to the topic work graph determined from the group-based communication system data corpus;

determining a prioritization score for the external communication object based on the prioritization weight estimate;

transmitting the external communication object to a client device associated with the first group-based communication system user identifier when the prioritization score exceeds a prioritization score threshold; and

rendering the external communication object for display in a first user email message interface within a group-based communication system interface to allow the first group-based communication system user to view the external communication object within the group-based communication system.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

allowing the first group-based communication system user to access the plurality of group-based communication channels via the group-based communication system interface.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

allowing the first group-based communication system user to selectively join at least one of the plurality of group-based communication channels.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the prioritization score for the external communication object further based on the external communication contextual data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graph-based knowledge representation data structure determines the user's associations to each of a plurality users to create a user work graph, and wherein the prioritization weight estimate comprises a plurality of user-related weights corresponding to the user work graph determined from the group-based communication system data corpus.

6. An apparatus for programmatically managing email data integration between an external email resource and a group-based communication system comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory having computer-executable instructions thereon, said computer-executable instructions configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

associate the external email resource with an email address, a first group-based communication system user, and a first group-based communication system user identifier;

receive an external communication object from the external email resource;

parse the external communication object to identify external communication contextual data;

query a group-based communication system data corpus to identify prioritization data, the group-based communication system data corpus comprising group-based communication messaging data, group-based communication channel data, and group-based communication work object data;

apply a graph-based knowledge representation data structure to the group-based communication system data corpus to analyze a strength of a user's association with the prioritization data, wherein the graph-based knowledge representation data structure indicates the user's associations to respective individual group-based communication channels of a plurality of group-based communication channels, the associations included in a channel work graph, and wherein the graph-based knowledge representation data structure determines the user's associations to each of a plurality of topics to create a topic work graph;

generate a prioritization weight estimate for the prioritization data based on the graph-based knowledge representation data structure, wherein the prioritization weight estimate comprises a plurality of group-based communication channel-related weights corresponding to the associations included in the channel work graph, and wherein the prioritization weight estimate comprises a plurality of topic-related weights corresponding to the topic work graph determined from the group-based communication system data corpus;

determine a prioritization score for the external communication object based on the prioritization weight estimate;

transmit the external communication object to a client device associated with the first group-based communication system user identifier when the prioritization score exceeds a prioritization score threshold; and

render the external communication object for display in a first user email message interface within a group-based communication system interface to allow the first group-based communication system user to view the external communication object within the group-based communication system.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , further configured to:

allow the first group-based communication system user to access the plurality of group-based communication channels via the group-based communication system interface.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , further configured to:

allow the first group-based communication system user to selectively join at least one of the plurality of group-based communication channels.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , further configured to:

determine the prioritization score for the external communication object further based on the external communication contextual data.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the graph-based knowledge representation data structure determines the user's associations to each of a plurality users to create a user work graph, and wherein the prioritization weight estimate comprises a plurality of user-related weights corresponding to the user work graph determined from the group-based communication system data corpus.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor perform a method for programmatically managing email data integration between an external email resource and a group-based communication system, said method comprising:

associating the external email resource with an email address, a first group-based communication system user, and a first group-based communication system user identifier;

receiving an external communication object from the external email resource;

parsing the external communication object to identify external communication contextual data;

querying a group-based communication system data corpus to identify prioritization data, the group-based communication system data corpus comprising group-based communication messaging data, group-based communication channel data, and group-based communication work object data;

applying a graph-based knowledge representation data structure to the group-based communication system data corpus to analyze a strength of a user's association with the prioritization data, wherein the graph-based knowledge representation data structure indicates the user's associations to respective individual group-based communication channels of a plurality of group-based communication channels, the associations included in a channel work graph, and wherein the graph-based knowledge representation data structure determines the user's associations to each of a plurality of topics to create a topic work graph;

generating a prioritization weight estimate for the prioritization data based on the graph-based knowledge representation data structure, wherein the prioritization weight estimate comprises a plurality of group-based communication channel-related weights corresponding to the associations included in the channel work graph, and wherein the prioritization weight estimate comprises a plurality of topic-related weights corresponding to the topic work graph determined from the group-based communication system data corpus;

determining a prioritization score for the external communication object based on the prioritization weight estimate;

transmitting the external communication object to a client device associated with the first group-based communication system user identifier when the prioritization score exceeds a prioritization score threshold; and

rendering the external communication object for display in a first user email message interface within a group-based communication system interface to allow the first group-based communication system user to view the external communication object within the group-based communication system.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , the method further comprising:

allowing the first group-based communication system user to access the plurality of group-based communication channels via the group-based communication system interface.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , the method further comprising:

allowing the first group-based communication system user to selectively join at least one of the plurality of group-based communication channels.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , the method further comprising:

determining the prioritization score for the external communication object further based on the external communication contextual data.