Forming a document collection in a document management and collaboration system

Abstract

A method and apparatus for identifying reviewers of documents is disclosed. In the method and apparatus, reviewers are identified for a set of documents. The reviewers are identified based at least in part on one or more attributes of the reviewers or one or more attributes of at least one document of the set of documents. An identity associated with a reviewer of the reviewers is made available to a user. After the reviewer is made available to the user, a selection of at least one reviewer is received from the user, and the set of documents are made available to the selected at least one reviewer.

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         21 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, upon execution by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to at least:
 identify one or more reviewers for a set of documents, based at least in part on a first one or more attributes associated with the one or more reviewers or a second one or more attributes associated with at least one document of the set of documents, the one or more reviewers being users of a document management and collaboration system;   make an identity associated with a reviewer of the one or more reviewers available to a user;   in response to making the identity available, receive, from the user, a selection of at least one reviewer of the one or more reviewers; and   make the set of documents available to the selected at least one reviewer.   
     
     
         22 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the second one or more attributes include an identity of a user that uploaded the document or viewed the document. 
     
     
         23 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the instructions that cause the computer system to identify one or more reviewers further include instructions that cause the computer system to balance the identification of the one or more reviewers using a scheduling algorithm. 
     
     
         24 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the first one or more attributes include:
 an outstanding number of documents awaiting review by a reviewer of the one or more reviewers,   a rate at which a review is completed by the reviewer, or   an average time taken to complete the review.   
     
     
         25 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein identifying the one or more reviewers for the set of documents is triggered based at least in part on the at least one document of the set of documents being uploaded or viewed. 
     
     
         26 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the first one or more attributes a weighted distribution of characters appearing in a content of one or more documents uploaded or accessed by a reviewer of the one or more reviewers. 
     
     
         27 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the instructions that cause the computer system to make the set of documents available to the selected at least one reviewer further include instructions that cause the computer system to enable the selected at least one review to view, annotate or comment on the set of documents. 
     
     
         28 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 identifying, based at least in part on a first one or more attributes associated with one or more reviewers or a second one or more attributes associated with at least one document of a set of documents, the one or more reviewers for the set of documents, the one or more reviewers being users of a document management and collaboration system;   making an identity associated with a reviewer of the one or more reviewers available to a first user;   in response to making the identity available, receiving, from the first user, a selection of at least one reviewer of the one or more reviewers; and   making the set of documents available to the selected at least one reviewer.   
     
     
         29 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 28 , wherein the first one or more attributes include being membership of an organization to which the at least one document belongs. 
     
     
         30 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 28 , wherein the second one or more attributes include an identity of a second user that provided the at least on document. 
     
     
         31 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 28 , wherein the first one or more attributes include a number of documents awaiting review by a reviewer of the one or more reviewers. 
     
     
         32 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 28 , further comprising:
 determining to recommend a third user as a reviewer for the at least one document based at least in part on a recommendation algorithm; and   making the at least one document available to the reviewer.   
     
     
         33 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 28 , further comprising:
 determining to recommend a third user as a reviewer for the at least one document based at least in part on a scheduling algorithm for the one or more reviewers, and   making the at least one document available to the reviewer.   
     
     
         34 . A system, comprising:
 one or more processors; and   memory including computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the system to at least:
 identify a plurality of reviewers for a document, based at least in part on an attribute:
 associated with the plurality of reviewers, the plurality of reviewers being users of a document management and collaboration system, or 
 associated with the document; 
 
 provide an identity associated with a reviewer of the plurality of reviewers to a user; 
 receive, from the user, a selection of at least one reviewer of the plurality of reviewers; and 
 provide the document to the at least one reviewer. 
   
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the system to provide the identity further include instructions that further cause the system to provide the identity based at least in part on a recommendation made by the document management and collaboration system. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the system to provide the identity further include instructions that further cause the system to provide, to the user, a recommendation of a reviewer of the plurality of reviewers to review the document. 
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the system to provide the identity further include instructions that further cause the system to, as a result of receiving confirmation by the user to the recommendation, grant permission to review the document. 
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the system to identity a plurality of reviewers for a document further include instructions that further cause the system to determine the attribute associated with the plurality of reviewers based at least in part on an indication received by a service utilized by a reviewer of the plurality of reviewers. 
     
     
         39 . The system of  claim 38 , wherein the document management and collaboration system further causes the system to recommend a reviewer of the plurality of reviewers based at least in part on a relationship between the user and a reviewer of the plurality of reviewers. 
     
     
         40 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the document management and collaboration system further causes the system to recommend a reviewer of the plurality of reviewers based at least in part on a relationship between content of the document and content of other documents accessed by a reviewer of the plurality of reviewers.