US 11,893,540 B2
Roster management across organizations
Michael Thomas McLean, Snoqualmie, WA (US); Ladislau Conceicao, Redmond, WA (US); Priyank Deepak Sanghavi, Redmond, WA (US); Li Li, Sammamish, WA (US); and Jayant Kishorbhai Manglani, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,096.
Prior Publication US 2023/0102546 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/101 (2023.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/101 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/103 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating a shared collaborative channel for collaboration, the method comprising:
receiving a request, from an originating member in an originating organization, to create the shared collaborative channel, the request including an invitee to be added to the shared collaborative channel;
in response to receiving the request, generating the shared collaborative channel within collaboration environment shared among members of a collaboration team within the originating organization, wherein the originating member is a member of a collaboration team within the originating organization, and wherein the invitee is a member of the same collaboration team within the originating organization, a different collaboration team within the originating organization, or a different external organization;
provisioning a substrate group by creating a container including a substrate database associated with the shared collaborative channel, the substrate database including a membership roster of the shared collaborative channel;
generating an invitation including a custom link for accessing the shared collaborative channel by the invitee, the custom link indicating an identity of the invitee;
based on the identity of the invitee, determining whether the invitee belongs to the originating organization based on an organizational database; and
in response to determining that the invitee belongs to the originating organization:
updating the membership roster of the substrate database to add the invitee as a new member of the shared collaborative channel;
based on the custom link, automatically establishing a linkage for access to the shared collaborative channel by the invitee; and
assigning a set of rights to the invitee for accessing content of the shared collaborative channel based at least in part on which collaboration team and organization the invitee belongs to.