Management of collaborative teams

Abstract

Systems and methods for dynamically creating collaborative teams and managing collaborative work of a team are generally disclosed herein. One example embodiment includes the dynamic creation of a collaborative team by creating an association between team members via a managing module. The managing module may be capable of managing, among other things, team members on a team, tasks and goals of each member of the team, as well as documentation associated with the team. In some embodiments, the managing module may use a chat or messaging protocol to manage collaborative modifications to documents of the team.

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         50 . At least one memory comprising instructions to cause at least one processor to at least:
 provide interface instructions to a user device, the interface instructions to cause the user device to present a user interface, the interface instructions implemented using hypertext markup language (HTML);   access a request to create a team, the request associated with a user interaction with the user interface presented at the user device;   define properties of the team including members of the team and a name for the team;   associate at least one document with the team, the at least one document accessible to the team members via the user interface.   
     
     
         51 . The at least one memory of  claim 50 , wherein the interface instructions are to cause the user device to present a chat interface. 
     
     
         52 . The at least one memory of  claim 52 , wherein the chat interface is to enable communication among members of the team using a messaging protocol. 
     
     
         53 . The at least one memory of  claim 50 , wherein the interface instructions are to cause the user device to present an application. 
     
     
         54 . The at least one memory of  claim 53 , wherein the application is a spreadsheet application. 
     
     
         55 . The at least one memory of  claim 53 , wherein the application is a word processing application. 
     
     
         56 . The at least one memory of  claim 53 , wherein the application is a presentation application. 
     
     
         57 . An apparatus comprising:
 memory;   instructions; and   processor circuitry to execute the instructions to cause the at least one processor to at least:
 provide interface instructions to a user device, the interface instructions to cause the user device to present a user interface, the interface instructions implemented using hypertext markup language (HTML); 
 access a request to create a team, the request associated with a user interaction with the user interface presented at the user device; 
 record properties of the team including members of the team and a name for the team; 
 record an association between at least one document and the team, the at least one document accessible to the team members via the user interface. 
   
     
     
         58 . The apparatus of  claim 57 , wherein the processor circuitry is to cause the user device to present a chat interface. 
     
     
         59 . The apparatus of  claim 58 , wherein the chat interface is to enable communication among members of the team using a messaging protocol. 
     
     
         60 . The apparatus of  claim 57 , wherein the processor circuitry is to cause the user device to present an application. 
     
     
         61 . The apparatus of  claim 60 , wherein the application is a spreadsheet application. 
     
     
         62 . The apparatus of  claim 60 , wherein the application is a word processing application. 
     
     
         63 . The apparatus of  claim 60 , wherein the application is a presentation application. 
     
     
         64 . A method comprising:
 providing interface instructions to a user device, the interface instructions to cause the user device to present a user interface, the interface instructions implemented using hypertext markup language (HTML);   processing a request to create a team, the request associated with a user interaction with the user interface presented at the user device;   defining properties of the team including members of the team and a name for the team;   associating at least one document with the team, the at least one document accessible to the team members via the user interface.   
     
     
         65 . The method of  claim 64 , wherein the interface instructions are to cause the user device to present a chat interface. 
     
     
         66 . The method of  claim 65 , wherein the chat interface is to enable communication among members of the team using a messaging protocol. 
     
     
         67 . The method of  claim 64 , wherein the interface instructions are to cause the user device to present an application. 
     
     
         68 . The method of  claim 67 , wherein the application is a spreadsheet application. 
     
     
         69 . The method of  claim 67 , wherein the application is a word processing application. 
     
     
         70 . The method of  claim 67 , wherein the application is a presentation application. 
     
     
         71 . At least one memory comprising instructions to cause at least one processor to at least:
 cause presentation of a user interface based on interface instructions, the interface instructions implemented using hypertext markup language (HTML);   cause transmission of a request to create a team to a server via a network, the request responsive to a user interaction with the user interface;   cause transmission of properties of the team to the server, the properties associated with identities of members of the team and a name for the team;   cause transmission of at least one document to the server for association with the team, the at least one document accessible to the team members via the user interface.   
     
     
         72 . The at least one memory of  claim 71 , wherein the user interface is a chat interface. 
     
     
         73 . The at least one memory of  claim 72 , wherein the chat interface is to enable communication among members of the team using a messaging protocol. 
     
     
         74 . The at least one memory of  claim 71 , wherein the user interface is at least one of a spreadsheet application, a word processing application, or a presentation application. 
     
     
         75 . An electronic device comprising:
 memory;   instructions; and   processor circuitry to execute the instructions to:
 cause presentation of a user interface based on interface instructions, the interface instructions implemented using hypertext markup language (HTML); 
 cause transmission of a request to create a team to a server via a network, the request responsive to a user interaction with the user interface; 
 cause transmission of properties of the team to the server, the properties associated with identities of members of the team and a name for the team; 
 cause transmission of at least one document to the server for association with the team, the at least one document accessible to the team members via the user interface. 
   
     
     
         76 . The at least one memory of  claim 75 , wherein the user interface is a chat interface. 
     
     
         77 . The at least one memory of  claim 76 , wherein the chat interface is to enable communication among members of the team based on a messaging protocol. 
     
     
         78 . The at least one memory of  claim 75 , wherein the user interface is at least one of a spreadsheet application, a word processing application, or a presentation application.