Knowledge management for recursively virtualized teams
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1. A system for interacting with team members of a virtual team, the system comprising:
- a computer processor coupled to computer readable memory, the computer readable memory configured to store collective qualifications of the virtual team based on the individual qualifications of the team members, the virtual team including a first team member having a first qualification and a second team member having a second qualification, the collective qualifications include the first qualification and the second qualification; and
a team broker configured to present the collective qualifications to third parties; and
wherein the collective qualifications include certification from an education service provider that the virtual team has collectively completed one or more educational objectives even if no individual team member has completed the one or more educational objectives.
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program for interacting with team members of a virtual team. Persistent storage is configured to store collective qualifications of the virtual team based on the individual qualifications of the team members, while a team broker is configured to present the collective qualifications to third parties. Thus, the broker provides a dynamic representation of the collective knowledge, skills and experience of a virtual team. The broker further enables an entity, such as a team employer or teacher, to interact with the virtual team as if that team were a single entity, rather than a collection of individual members.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for interacting with team members of a virtual team, the system comprising:
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a computer processor coupled to computer readable memory, the computer readable memory configured to store collective qualifications of the virtual team based on the individual qualifications of the team members, the virtual team including a first team member having a first qualification and a second team member having a second qualification, the collective qualifications include the first qualification and the second qualification; and a team broker configured to present the collective qualifications to third parties; and wherein the collective qualifications include certification from an education service provider that the virtual team has collectively completed one or more educational objectives even if no individual team member has completed the one or more educational objectives. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18)
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10. A computer program product embodied in a tangible media comprising:
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computer readable program codes coupled to the tangible media for interacting with team members of a virtual team, the computer readable program codes configured to cause the program to; present collective qualifications of the virtual team based on stored information about individual team members of the virtual team from a centralized database, the virtual team including a first team member having a first qualification and a second team member having a second qualification, the collective qualifications include the first qualification and the second qualification; receive certification from an education service provider that the virtual team has collectively completed one or more educational objectives even if no individual team member has completed the one or more educational objectives; update the collective qualifications of the virtual team to include the completed one or more educational objectives by the virtual team; receive an inquiry about the virtual team from a third party; retrieve team information about the virtual team from a centralized database; and send an inquiry response to the third party, the inquiry response including at least some of the team information from the centralized database. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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