Systems and methods for creating and sharing tasks

A system having one or more processors and configured for managing tasks, the system comprising:

• a task management module configured to run on the one or more processors and programmed to:
• receive an e-mail message sent from a first user to an e-mail address assigned to the system, the e-mail message comprising task information related to a new task;
• process the e-mail message to create the new task and identify the task information to be shared by a plurality of users;
• invite one or more users to share the new task;
• receive an acceptance of the new task from the one or more users;
• associate the one or more users that accepted the new task with the task information;
• and
• assign a status to the new task based on the stage of completion of the new task by the one or more associated users;
• and
• a multi-layered network management module configured to run on the one or more processors and programmed to organize the new task and a plurality of other tasks into a network of tasks based at least in part on a network identifier associated with the new task.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon code that when executed by a processor performs a method comprising:

• receiving an e-mail message sent from a first user to an e-mail address assigned to a server, the e-mail message comprising task information related to a new task;
• processing the e-mail message to create the new task and identify the task information to be shared by a plurality of users;
• inviting one or more users to share the new task;
• receiving an acceptance of the new task from the one or more users;
• associating the one or more users that accepted the new task with the task information;
• assigning a status to the new task based on the stage of completion of the new task by the one or more associated users;
• and
• organizing the new task and a plurality of other tasks into a network of tasks based at least in part on a network identifier associated with the new task.