Methods of enabling inter-organizational and public social collaboration

A computer-implemented method for controlling access to electronic collaboration content data associated with a plurality of organizations that each separately support social network collaboration, the method comprising:

• storing, in one or more databases, the electronic collaboration content data associated with the plurality of organizations;
• receiving, by an identity aggregator, over a communication network, an electronic request for access to the electronic collaboration content data from a client device of an individual;
• determining, by the identity aggregator, an internal user identifier of the individual responsive to the electronic request, the internal user identifier representing an aggregate identity of the individual corresponding to at least one of one or more organizational identities of the individual among the plurality of organizations or one or more external identities of the individual among one or more external content services;
• mapping, by a content access manager, the internal user identifier of the individual to content permissions associated with the individual across each organization among the plurality of organizations that is associated with the individual and the one or more external content services associated with the individual;
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• permitting, by the content access manager, the client device to access, over the communication network, at least a portion of the electronic collaboration content data stored among the one or more databases across each organization associated with the individual and based on the content permissions of the individual.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium programmed to include instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform functions including:

• storing, in one or more databases, the electronic collaboration content data associated with the plurality of organizations;
• receiving, over a communication network, an electronic request for access to the electronic collaboration content data from a client device of an individual;
• determining an internal user identifier of the individual responsive to the electronic request, the internal user identifier representing an aggregate identity of the individual corresponding to at least one of one or more organizational identities of the individual among the plurality of organizations or one or more external identities of the individual among one or more external content services;
• mapping the internal user identifier of the individual to content permissions associated with the individual across each organization among the plurality of organizations that is associated with the individual and the one or more external content services associated with the individual;
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• permitting the client device to access, over the communication network, at least a portion of the electronic collaboration content data stored among the one or more databases across each organization associated with the individual and based on the content permissions of the individual.