Context-sensitive collaboration channels

摘要

An apparatus and computer program product for collaborating is disclosed. Responsive to a computer system receiving a selection from a user for a portion of a document, the computer system identifies a context for the selected portion of the document. The computer system identifies a set of collaboration channels corresponding to the context. The computer system determines whether the set of collaboration channels corresponding to the context is empty. The computer system then creates a new collaboration channel based on the context for the selected portion of the document responsive to the set of collaboration channels corresponding to the context being empty.

主权项

1. A computer comprising:
a bus; a processor unit connected to the bus; a computer readable storage device connected to the bus; and program code for collaborating, wherein the program code is stored on the computer readable storage device and is configured to be run by the processor unit to: modify a presentation of a document that includes a plurality of portions by making each portion of the document selectable by a user; identify a context of a user-selected portion of the document in response to receiving a selection by the user of a portion of the document; identify a set of collaboration channels corresponding to the context of the user-selected portion of the document; determine whether the set of collaboration channels corresponding to the context of the user-selected portion of the document is empty; create a new collaboration channel based on the context of the user-selected portion of the document in response to determining that the set of collaboration channels corresponding to the context of the user-selected portion of the document is empty; select one or more of the set of collaboration channels corresponding to the context of the user-selected portion of the document in response to determining that the set of collaboration channels corresponding to the context of the user-selected portion of the document is not empty; and establish a collaboration that communicates information about the user-selected portion of the document between the user and other users by utilizing the one or more of the set of collaboration channels corresponding to the context of the user-selected portion of the document.