GROUPWARE MANAGEMENT

• US 20150106747A1
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Rodriquez, Jean-Michel
• Granted Patent: US 10,594,775 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system, method and computer program product for managing a groupware system. The groupware system includes records associated with one or more groups of members. The method includes: listening for or intercepting a change in members of a group including adding new members and/or removing old members; locating records associated with the original group members; and updating the located records by adding the new members or removing the old members.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A method for managing groups associated with events, said method comprising:

updating, by one or more processors of a computer system, a first record stored on one or more computer readable data storage devices, wherein the first record comprises information pertaining to a first event, wherein the information pertaining to the first event comprises a list of initial members of a first group of members invited to the first event, and wherein said updating the first record comprises adding a new member to the first group which results in the first group in the first record including the new member in addition to the initial members; and

in response to said updating the first record, said one or more processors displaying on a graphical user interface (GUI) a change control window which queries a user to select whether or not to be provided with a capability to add the new member to one or more other groups of members invited to respective one or more other events, wherein each group of the one or more other groups comprise a respective list of members that include the initial members of the first group.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises:

said one or more processors displaying a calendar record window simultaneous with said displaying the change control window on the GUI, wherein the displayed calendar record window comprises a date of the first event, a name of the first event, and the initial members and the new member of the first group.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more other groups comprise a plurality of groups, wherein the one or more other events comprise a plurality of events to which the members of the plurality of groups are respectively invited, and wherein the capability to add the new member includes a first option to add the new member selectively to each group of the plurality of groups, a second option to add the new member to all groups of the plurality of groups, and a third option to not add the new member to any group of the plurality of groups.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

after said displaying the change control window, said one or more processors receiving a selection by the user of the first option and in response, said one or more processors displaying an events with same membership window which queries the user to specify whether or not to add the new member selectively to each group of the plurality of groups.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the events with same membership window comprises a table, wherein the table comprises a row specific to the first event and a row specific to each event of the plurality of events, a first column for identifying a date of each event, a second column for identifying a name of each event, a third column for identifying the members invited to each event, and a fourth column for enabling the user to select whether or not to add the new member to the group invited to each invent.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the method further comprises:

after said displaying the events with same membership window, said one or more processors receiving a specification by the user to add the new member to at least one group of the plurality of groups; and

in response to said receiving the specification to add the new member to the at least one group, said one or more processors updating at least one record on the one or more data storage devices, wherein the at least one record comprises information respectively pertaining to at least one event of the plurality of events, wherein said updating the at least one record comprises adding the new member to each group of the group which results in the at least one group in the at least one record including the new member in addition to the initial members.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the method further comprises:

after said updating the at least one record, said one or more processors notifying each member of the initial members that the new member has been added to the first group and to the at least one group.

25. A computer program product, comprising a one or more computer readable storage devices having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions which, upon being executed by one or more processors of a computer system, implement a method for managing groups associated with events, said method comprising:

said one or more processors updating a first record stored on one or more computer readable data storage devices, wherein the first record comprises information pertaining to a first event, wherein the information pertaining to the first event comprises a list of initial members of a first group of members invited to the first event, and wherein said updating the first record comprises adding a new member to the first group which results in the first group in the first record including the new member in addition to the initial members; and

in response to said updating the first record, said one or more processors displaying on a graphical user interface (GUI) a change control window which queries a user to select whether or not to be provided with a capability to add the new member to one or more other groups of members invited to respective one or more other events, wherein each group of the one or more other groups comprise a respective list of members that include the initial members of the first group.

26. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises:

said one or more processors displaying a calendar record window simultaneous with said displaying the change control window on the GUI, wherein the displayed calendar record window comprises a date of the first event, a name of the first event, and the initial members and the new member of the first group.

27. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the one or more other groups comprise a plurality of groups, wherein the one or more other events comprise a plurality of events to which the members of the plurality of groups are respectively invited, and wherein the capability to add the new member includes a first option to add the new member selectively to each group of the plurality of groups, a second option to add the new member to all groups of the plurality of groups, and a third option to not add the new member to any group of the plurality of groups.

28. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises:

after said displaying the change control window, said one or more processors receiving a selection by the user of the first option and in response, said one or more processors displaying an events with same membership window which queries the user to specify whether or not to add the new member selectively to each group of the plurality of groups.

29. The computer program product of claim 28, wherein the events with same membership window comprises a table, wherein the table comprises a row specific to the first event and a row specific to each event of the plurality of events, a first column for identifying a date of each event, a second column for identifying a name of each event, a third column for identifying the members invited to each event, and a fourth column for enabling the user to select whether or not to add the new member to the group invited to each invent.

30. The computer program product of claim 28, wherein the method further comprises:

after said displaying the events with same membership window, said one or more processors receiving a specification by the user to add the new member to at least one group of the plurality of groups; and

in response to said receiving the specification to add the new member to the at least one group, said one or more processors updating at least one record on the one or more data storage devices, wherein the at least one record comprises information respectively pertaining to at least one event of the plurality of events, wherein said updating the at least one record comprises adding the new member to each group of the group which results in the at least one group in the at least one record including the new member in addition to the initial members.

31. The computer program product of claim 30, wherein the method further comprises:

after said updating the at least one record, said one or more processors notifying each member of the initial members that the new member has been added to the first group and to the at least one group.

32. A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more memories, and one or more computer readable storage devices, said one or more computer readable storage devices containing program code which, upon being executed by the one or more processors via the one or more memories, implements a method for managing groups associated with events, said method comprising:

said one or more processors updating a first record stored on one or more computer readable data storage devices, wherein the first record comprises information pertaining to a first event, wherein the information pertaining to the first event comprises a list of initial members of a first group of members invited to the first event, and wherein said updating the first record comprises adding a new member to the first group which results in the first group in the first record including the new member in addition to the initial members; and

in response to said updating the first record, said one or more processors displaying on a graphical user interface (GUI) a change control window which queries a user to select whether or not to be provided with a capability to add the new member to one or more other groups of members invited to respective one or more other events, wherein each group of the one or more other groups comprise a respective list of members that include the initial members of the first group.

33. The computer system of claim 32, wherein the method further comprises:

said one or more processors displaying a calendar record window simultaneous with said displaying the change control window on the GUI, wherein the displayed calendar record window comprises a date of the first event, a name of the first event, and the initial members and the new member of the first group.

34. The computer system of claim 32, wherein the one or more other groups comprise a plurality of groups, wherein the one or more other events comprise a plurality of events to which the members of the plurality of groups are respectively invited, and wherein the capability to add the new member includes a first option to add the new member selectively to each group of the plurality of groups, a second option to add the new member to all groups of the plurality of groups, and a third option to not add the new member to any group of the plurality of groups.

35. The computer system of claim 34, wherein the method further comprises:

after said displaying the change control window, said one or more processors receiving a selection by the user of the first option and in response, said one or more processors displaying an events with same membership window which queries the user to specify whether or not to add the new member selectively to each group of the plurality of groups.

36. The computer system of claim 35, wherein the events with same membership window comprises a table, wherein the table comprises a row specific to the first event and a row specific to each event of the plurality of events, a first column for identifying a date of each event, a second column for identifying a name of each event, a third column for identifying the members invited to each event, and a fourth column for enabling the user to select whether or not to add the new member to the group invited to each invent.

37. The computer system of claim 35, wherein the method further comprises:

after said displaying the events with same membership window, said one or more processors receiving a specification by the user to add the new member to at least one group of the plurality of groups; and

in response to said receiving the specification to add the new member to the at least one group, said one or more processors updating at least one record on the one or more data storage devices, wherein the at least one record comprises information respectively pertaining to at least one event of the plurality of events, wherein said updating the at least one record comprises adding the new member to each group of the group which results in the at least one group in the at least one record including the new member in addition to the initial members.