Containerized contextual conversation system

A system for integrating real-time comments with managed documents, the system including:

• a non-transitory, computer-readable medium that contains instructions;
• a processor that executes the instructions to perform stages including:
• viewing a document in a secured container of a content application at a first user device;
• placing a marker in the document, the marker associated with a portion of the document's contents, using the content application;
• initiating a conversation in a social application outside the secured container;
• determining, by the content application, an amount of context from the document associated with the marker to send to the social application, the amount of context based, at least in part, on a security level associated with the document;
• and
• sending the determined amount of context to the social application,
• wherein the social application retrieves the conversation based, in part, on a selection of the marker within the secured container.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing instructions executed by a processor to perform stages for integrating electronic comments with secure documents, the stages including:

• opening a document in a secured container of a content application based on user permissions at a management server;
• placing a marker within the document based on a selection in the content application, the marker associated with a portion of the document's contents, the marker causing a social application outside the secured container to begin a conversation about the document, wherein the conversation is stored at a conversation server outside the secured container that communicates with the social application;
• storing the marker and the document at the management server, separately from the conversation;
• determining, by the content application, an amount of context from the document associated with the marker to send to the social application, the amount of context based, at least in part, on a security level associated with the document;
• and
• sending the determined amount of context to the social application.

A method for integrating electronic comments with secure documents, including:

• opening an encrypted document in a secured container of a content application based on user permissions at a management server;
• associating a marker with the document based on a selection in the content application, the marker associated with a portion of the document's contents, the marker indicating a location of a conversation;
• sending a request from the content application to a social application outside the secured container to initiate the conversation, wherein the social application tracks comments made in the conversation and the conversation is stored outside the secured container for access by the social application;
• determining, by the content application, an amount of context from the document associated with the marker to send to the social application, the amount of context based, at least in part, on a security level associated with the document;
• and
• sending the determined amount of context to the social application.