US 12,423,655 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 Dec. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/396,387.
Application 18/396,387 is a continuation of application No. 17/490,096, filed on Sep. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,893,540.
Prior Publication US 2024/0127185 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/101 (2023.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01)
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 a 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 group by creating a container including a database associated with the shared collaborative channel, the 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;
establishing a linkage for access to the shared collaborative channel by the invitee based on the custom link; 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.