Systems and methods for dynamic configuration of a collaboration

• US 20060004690A1
• Filed: 02/10/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Frender, Kevin Blair, Beartusk, Brodi, Jolley, Christopher, Smith, Gregory, Devgan, Manish, Pearson, Shane, Olander, Daryl B., Cook, Thomas A., O'Neil, Edward K., Feit, Richard, Breeden, Timothy, Stamm, Thomas Carl, McCauley, Rodney
• Application Number:
  US11/055,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20060004690A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system and method for selecting a collaboration participant comprising: defining a role wherein the role includes a plurality potential members and one or more criteria; evaluating the role to determine a set of actual members wherein the set of actual members can vary over time; selecting a first member of the set of actual members; inviting the first member to join a collaboration; wherein the one or more criteria is based at least partially on presence information of the first member; and wherein the first member is a client process.

Claims

1. A method for selecting a collaboration participant, comprising:

defining a role wherein the role includes a plurality potential members and one or more criteria;

evaluating the role to determine a set of actual members wherein the set of actual members can vary over time;

selecting a first member of the set of actual members;

inviting the first member to join a collaboration;

wherein the one or more criteria is based at least partially on presence information of the first member; and

wherein the first member is a client process.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the evaluating occurs at a frequency governed by the most volatile of the one or more criteria.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the selecting chooses the least busy actual member.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responding to the invitation by the first member.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

including the first member in a collaboration.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

changing the value of at least one of the one or more criteria.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the role can include one or more arithmetic and/or logical expressions.

8. A system for selecting a collaboration participant, comprising:

a messaging layer capable of exchanging information with the collaboration participant;

means for evaluating a role; and

a process coupled to the messaging layer and the means for evaluating the role, wherein the process is capable of performing the following steps;

defining the role wherein the role includes a plurality potential members and one or more criteria;

evaluating the role to determine a set of actual members wherein the set of actual members can vary over time;

selecting a first member of the set of actual members;

inviting the first member to join a collaboration;

wherein the one or more criteria is based at least partially on presence information of the first member; and

wherein the first member is a client process.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein:

the evaluating occurs at a frequency governed by the most volatile of the one or more criteria.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein:

the selecting chooses the least busy actual member.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the first member is capable of performing a step comprising:

responding to the invitation.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the process is capable of performing a further step comprising:

including the first member in a collaboration.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the process is capable of performing a further step comprising:

changing the value of at least one of the one or more criteria.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein:

the role can include one or more arithmetic and/or logical expressions.

15. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause a system to:

define a role wherein the role includes a plurality potential members and one or more criteria;

evaluate the role to determine a set of actual members wherein the set of actual members can vary over time;

select a first member of the set of actual members;

invite the first member to join a collaboration;

wherein the one or more criteria is based at least partially on presence information of the first member; and

wherein the first member is a client process.

16. The machine readable medium of claim 15 wherein:

the evaluating occurs at a frequency governed by the most volatile of the one or more criteria.

17. The machine readable medium of claim 15 wherein:

the selecting chooses the least busy actual member.

18. The machine readable medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

respond to the invitation by the first member.

19. The machine readable medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

include the first member in a collaboration.

20. The machine readable medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

change the value of at least one of the one or more criteria.

21. The machine readable medium of claim 15 wherein:

the role can include one or more arithmetic and/or logical expressions.

22. A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium, comprising:

a code segment including instructions to define a role wherein the role includes a plurality potential members and one or more criteria;

a code segment including instructions to evaluate the role to determine a set of actual members wherein the set of actual members can vary over time;

a code segment including instructions to select a first member of the set of actual members;

a code segment including instructions to invite the first member to join a collaboration;

wherein the one or more criteria is based at least partially on presence information of the first member; and

wherein the first member is a client process.