Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microsoft Corporation

Andrew W Harris

Manish Kumar Shukla

Douglas Lane Milvaney

Candy Hoi Mei Wong

Daniel J Chattan

Hayley Lynn Steplyk

Manoj Sharma

Taili Feng

Maura FitzGerald

Erin M O'Connell

Hoi Mei Wong

Erin M O'connell

Erin M O'CONNELL

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a unified activity service. In one aspect, different files stored on different storage platforms may be rendered on different user interfaces. Multiple activities associated with each of the different files may be obtained from the activity service. In another aspect, activity metadata corresponding to the multiple activities may be stored in the activity service. Activities associated with the different files may include content changes in a file (e.g., edits and deletions), sharing a file, renaming a file, comments within a file, messaging, and conversations related to a file. The different storage platforms may be independent of the activity service.

Unified activity service

A computer system tracks and analyzes activity data, notifications, and user interactions with activity data and notifications. By analyzing this information, the computer system can identify, for individual users and across a set of users, which activity data and notifications are most relevant. Such activity data and notifications are most relevant when they result in the end user having further user interaction through the electronic document. The information about the relevance of the activity data and notifications can be used for managing sending of notifications and presenting activity data in end user applications.

Managing notifications related to collaboratively edited electronic documents based on user roles

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an activity notification system. In one aspect, one or more entities associated with a user of a file may be identified. A priority level may be assigned to each of the one or more entities based on a type of activity of one or more activities associated with the file. The priority level may include at least a highest priority level and a lowest priority level. A notification indicating an occurrence of at least one activity from the one or more activities associated with the file may be sent to the entity of the one or more identified entities assigned the highest priority level. It may be determined which activities of one or more activities received at a notification service meet a notification value threshold. At least one notification from the activities determined to meet the notification value threshold may be generated.

Activity notification system

To enable prompt presentation of a user interface that displays documents that other users have accessed or edited, distribution of document activity indicators is performed in a proactive manner such that the document activity indicators are already available at a time when such a user interface is to be presented. Document activity triggers the creation of corresponding document activity identifiers, which are distributed to the workspaces of one or more users in accordance with document activity itself, the type of activity, the user performing the activity, a user who initially created the document, or combinations thereof. When another user utilizes a content creation computer application program, the activity by other users is selectively reflected within the user interface presented by such a content creation computer application program.

Proactive staged distribution of document activity indicators

Dynamic filtering of content in a content feed may be provided. A user interface may be displayed on a computer for presenting different views of content. The user interface may include a title bar for switching between the different views and for displaying notifications. The different views may include content generated by users of the content feed. Content in the different views may be filtered based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of each of the views in the user interface.

Dynamic content feed filtering

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