MEASURING THE RESPONSIVENESS OF INDIVIDUALS IN A SPECIFIED COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. In a collaborative environment wherein persons use a specified system to communicate with one another, and a first person receives a request for information from one or more other persons, a computer implemented method for providing a comprehensive measurement of collaboration that indicates the effectiveness of said first person in collaborating with said one or more other persons in said environment, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
- for each response made by said first person to one of said received requests, determining the value of at least one metric that represents the value of the response;
deriving one or more additional measurement values, wherein each additional measurement value represents the value of the participation of said first person in each of one or more additional measurable collaborative activities; and
selectively combining each of said metric values with each of said additional measurement values, and also with a prespecified policy, in order to produce said comprehensive measurement of collaboration.
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Abstract
In a collaborative environment wherein persons use a specified system to communicate with one another, and a first person receives a request for information from one or more other persons, embodiments of the invention are used to provide a comprehensive measurement of collaboration that indicates the effectiveness of the first person in collaborating with one or more other persons in the environment. In an embodiment directed to a method, the embodiment includes, for each response made by the first person to one of the received requests, determining the value of at least one metric that represents the value of the response. The method further includes deriving one or more additional measurement values, wherein each additional measurement value represents the value of the participation of the first person in each of one or more additional measurable collaborative activities. The method further comprises selectively combining each of the metric values with each of the additional measurement values, and also with a prespecified policy, in order to produce the comprehensive measurement of collaboration.
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20 Claims
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1. In a collaborative environment wherein persons use a specified system to communicate with one another, and a first person receives a request for information from one or more other persons, a computer implemented method for providing a comprehensive measurement of collaboration that indicates the effectiveness of said first person in collaborating with said one or more other persons in said environment, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
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for each response made by said first person to one of said received requests, determining the value of at least one metric that represents the value of the response; deriving one or more additional measurement values, wherein each additional measurement value represents the value of the participation of said first person in each of one or more additional measurable collaborative activities; and selectively combining each of said metric values with each of said additional measurement values, and also with a prespecified policy, in order to produce said comprehensive measurement of collaboration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a collaborative environment wherein persons use a specified system to communicate with one another, and a first person receives a request for information from one or more other persons, a computer apparatus for providing a comprehensive measurement of collaboration that indicates the effectiveness of said first person in collaborating with said one or more other persons in said environment, wherein said apparatus comprises:
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a device for determining the value of at least one metric that represents the value of each response made by said first person to one of said received requests; a device for deriving one or more additional measurement values, wherein each additional measurement value represents the value of the participation of said first person in each of one or more additional measurable collaborative activities; and a device for selectively combining each of said metric values with each of said additional measurement values, and also with a prespecified policy, in order to produce said comprehensive measurement of collaboration. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a collaborative environment wherein persons use a specified system to communicate with one another, and a first person receives a request for information from one or more other persons, a computer program product executable in a computer readable medium for providing a comprehensive measurement of collaboration that indicates the effectiveness of said first person in collaborating with said one or more other persons in said environment, wherein said computer program product comprises:
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instructions for determining the value of at least one metric that represents the value of each response made by said first person to one of said received requests; instructions for deriving one or more additional measurement values, wherein each additional measurement value represents the value of the participation of said first person in each of one or more additional measurable collaborative activities; and instructions for selectively combining each of said metric values with each of said additional measurement values, and also with a prespecified policy, in order to produce said comprehensive measurement of collaboration. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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