Systems and Methods for Managing Organizational Information

Abstract

Novel and useful systems and methods for identifying, organizing and displaying organizational information are provided for multiple users to define organizational relationships associated with an organization. The organizational relationships are included in a set of organizational relationships and stored as organizational data in a computer-readable medium for future access. The organizational data is used for a variety of purposes, such as generating visual depictions of the organizational relationships.

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 receiving data from a first user defining a first organizational relationship;   receiving data from a second user defining a second organizational relationship;   generating a set of organizational relationships wherein the set of organizational relationships includes the first organizational relationship and the second organizational relationship; and   storing the set of relationships in a computer-readable medium.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first organizational relationship includes a first pair of nodes and the second organizational relationship includes a second pair nodes. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein at least one node from the first pair of nodes and the second pair of nodes represents a contributor. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein at least one node from the first pair of nodes and the second pair of nodes represents a role. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein at least one node from the first pair of nodes and the second pair of nodes represents a team. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the first pair of nodes and the second pair of nodes are members of an organization. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein at least one node from the first pair of nodes and the second pair of nodes is a non-member of an organization. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising creating a visual depiction of the set of relationships, wherein the visual depiction includes:
 a visual representation of a plurality of profiles corresponding to a plurality of nodes; and 
 a visual representation of a plurality of relationships. 
 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the visual representation of a plurality of relationships includes a plurality of visual indicators of a seniority status of the relationship. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the visual representation of a plurality of relationships includes a plurality of visual indicators of a confirmation status of the relationship. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising receiving a preference attribute from a user and wherein the plurality of profiles and the plurality of relationships are determined according to the preference attribute or a combination of preference attributes. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising receiving a unique identifier from a user and wherein:
 the unique identifier is associated with a user type; and 
 the visual representation of the plurality of profiles and the visual representation of the plurality of relationships are determined according to the user type. 
 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the plurality of profiles are associated with a plurality of profile rule attributes;   the plurality of relationships are associated with a plurality of relationship rule attributes;   the visual representation of the plurality of profiles is determined according to the plurality of profile rule attributes; and   the visual representation of the plurality of relationships is determined according to the plurality of relationship rule attributes.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein one of the plurality of profiles includes a contact attribute. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the contact attribute is associated with a contact type and a contact identifier. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein a visual representation of one of the plurality of profiles contains a visual indicator of the contact type. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein a visual representation of one of the plurality of profiles contains a visual indicator of the contact identifier. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising receiving a user command corresponding to the contact attribute and opening a communications channel corresponding to the contact type and the contact identifier. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the contact attribute is designated as a preferred contact attribute. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  wherein a visual representation of one of the plurality of profiles contains a visual indicator of the preferred contact attribute. 
     
     
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