Collaboration management systems

Abstract

Systems, configurations, and methods of managing collaboration of content are disclosed. A content collaboration system can be configured to manage collaborating subject matter within one or more activity streams. A user can create a new collaboration object associated with particular content using the content collaboration system. The content collaboration system is configured to format data related to the collaboration object according to the different activity stream formats and to insert the formatted data into the one or more activity streams. Other users are allowed to collaborate around the particular content on the different activity streams. The content collaboration system is configured to update the collaboration object according to the collaboration on the different activity streams.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A collaboration management system comprising:
 a collaboration database configured to store a plurality of collaboration objects, each of the collaboration objects comprising metadata and a collaboration point link;   an activity stream interface configured to acquire activity stream data representative of an activity stream; and   a collaboration engine coupled with the collaboration database and the activity stream interface, and configured to:
 receive the activity stream data for a first user and a second user interacting with the activity stream data; 
 identify an activity stream format from the activity stream data; 
 locate a first integration point within the activity stream based on activity stream data for the first user; 
 obtain a first collaboration object from the collaboration database; 
 format the first collaboration object, including its metadata and link, according to the activity stream format to form a formatted first collaboration object; 
 integrate the formatted first collaboration object, via the activity stream interface, into the activity stream according to the first integration point; 
 locate a second integration point, different from the first integration point, within the activity stream based on activity stream data for the second user; 
 obtain a second collaboration object from the collaboration database; 
 format the second collaboration object, including its metadata and link, according to the activity stream format to form a formatted second collaboration object; 
 integrate the formatted second collaboration object, via the activity stream interface, into the activity stream according to the second integration point.