COLLABORATIVE VIEW FOR A GROUP PARTICIPATION PLAN

• US 20100287023A1
• Filed: 05/05/2009
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Burkhardt, John Reynolds, Knobel, Yishai, Rae, Katie, Goodman, Robert F.
• Application Number:
  US12/435,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20100287023A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

When a group of users engage in activities comprising multiple tasks shared amongst the group, difficulties may arise from tracking progress, facilitating communication, reconciling tasks, etc. Accordingly, as provided herein, a collaborative view for a group participation plan may be created. A group participation plan comprising one or more tasks and one or more participant identities may be received. A commitment plan may be created by allocating the one or more tasks to respective participant identities. The commitment plan may be presented within a collaborative view. The collaborative view may show overall group progress, individual progress, and/or other information relating to the completion of allocated tasks. The collaborative view may be updated based upon task progress. Participants may view and interact with the collaborative view (e.g., a web-based user interface). For example, a participant may track individual progress, group progress, and/or other participant'"'"'s progress.

Claims

1. A method for creating a collaborative view for a group participation plan comprising:

receiving a group participation plan comprising one or more tasks and one or more participant identities;

allocating one or more tasks to respective participant identities to create a commitment plan; and

presenting the commitment plan within a collaborative view.

2. The method of claim 1, the allocating one or more tasks comprising:

notifying a participant identity of a suggested task allocation; and

creating the commitment plan based upon user commitment feedback regarding the suggested task allocation.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

presenting within the collaborative view a group total participation status and a participation status of respective participant identities.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

updating the commitment plan based upon progress with regard to one or more tasks.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the progress is determined based upon a notification of payment to a third party service.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the progress is determined based upon manual user input.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the progress is determined based upon a progress email received from a participant identity.

8. The method of claim 4, comprising:

notifying an organizer of the updated commitment plan.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

sending an email notification of a participation status to one or more participant identities.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising:

sending an email notification comprising a web-based invoice for payment of a money based task to one or more participant identities.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaborative view is presented to one or more participant identities within a web-based environment.

12. A system for creating a collaborative view for a group participation plan comprising:

an allocation component configured to;

receive a group participation plan comprising one or more tasks and one or more participant identities; and

allocate one or more tasks to respective participant identities to create a commitment plan; and

a presentation component configured to present the commitment plan within a collaborative view.

13. The system of claim 12, comprising:

an email component configured to send an email notification of a participation status to one or more participant identities.

14. The system of claim 12, comprising:

an update component configured to update the commitment plan based upon progress with regard to one or more tasks.

15. The system of claim 12, the allocation component configured to:

notify a participant identity of a suggested task allocation; and

create the commitment plan based upon user commitment feedback regarding the suggested task allocation.

16. The system of claim 12, the presentation component configured to present within the collaborative view a group total participation status and a participation status of respective participant identities.

17. The system of claim 12, the presentation component configured to present the collaborative view to one or more participant identities within a web-based environment.

18. The system of claim 14, the update component configured to update one or more participation statuses and a group total participation status based upon progress with regard to one or more tasks.

19. The system of claim 14, the update component configured to determine the progress based upon at least one of:

manual user input within the collaborative view;

notification of payment to a third party service; and

notification from a participant identity of the progress.

20. A system for creating a collaborative view for a group participation plan comprising:

an allocation component configured to;

receive a group participation plan comprising one or more tasks and one or more participant identities;

allocate one or more tasks to respective participant identities to create a suggested task allocation; and

create the commitment plan based upon user commitment feedback regarding the suggested task allocation;

a presentation component configured to present the commitment plan within a collaborative view;

an email component configured to send an email notification of a participation status to one or more participant identities; and

an update component configured to update the commitment plan, one or more participation statuses and a group total participation status based upon progress with regard to one or more tasks.