SORTING AND FILTERING ACTIVITIES IN AN ACTIVITY-CENTRIC COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method for filtering and sorting activity objects in an activity-centric computing environment, the method comprising:
- generating at least one activity thread of hierarchically arranged activity objects;
selecting at least one filtering criterion for the activity objects; and
, filtering the activity objects in the at least one activity thread.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to managing the scatter and flood problem of the activity-centric computing environment and provide a method, system and computer program product for sorting and filtering activities in an activity-centric computing environment. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for filtering and sorting activity objects in an activity-centric computing environment can include generating at least one activity thread of hierarchically arranged activity objects, selecting at least one filtering criterion for the activity objects, and filtering the activity objects in the activity threads. Additionally, a filtered view of the activity objects can be generated in an activity map in the activity-centric computing environment.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for filtering and sorting activity objects in an activity-centric computing environment, the method comprising:
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generating at least one activity thread of hierarchically arranged activity objects;
selecting at least one filtering criterion for the activity objects; and
, filtering the activity objects in the at least one activity thread. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An activity-centric collaborative data processing system, comprising:
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an activity list view comprising a listing of activities, each of the activities comprising at least one task;
an activity view comprising a rendering of properties associated with a selected activity in the activity list view;
a persons and roles view comprising at least a listing of collaborators available for association with the selected activity in said activity list view;
an activity object filter coupled to a plurality of filtering criterion; and
,an activity map comprising a view of an activity thread of activity objects for a selected one of the activities in the activity list view, the view being filtered according to selected ones of the filtering criterion. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for filtering and sorting activity objects in an activity-centric computing environment, the computer program product comprising:
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computer usable program code for generating at least one activity thread of hierarchically arranged activity objects;
computer usable program code for selecting at least one filtering criterion for the activity objects; and
,computer usable program code for filtering the activity objects in the activity threads. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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