Utilizing group statistics for groups of participants in a human-to-human collaborative tool
First Claim
1. A method for utilizing group statistics for a group participating in a collaborative session, the method comprising the steps of:
- collecting group statistics for a grouped set of participants designated to participate in a collaborative session provided by a human-to-human collaborative tool executing in a computing system, the group statistics comprising a percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having a particular availability status, the grouped set of participants comprising selected ones of participants in the collaborative session;
generating a display of the percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having the particular availability status; and
,rendering said generated display of the percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having the particular availability status in a user interface in association with a hierarchical listing of participants in said collaborative session, the hierarchical listing of participants comprising both individual participants in said collaborative session and also the grouped set of participants in said collaborative session.
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for utilizing statistics in a human-to-human collaborative tool is provided. A method for utilizing group statistics for a group participating in a collaborative session can include collecting group statistics including a percentage of the participants in the set having a particular availability status for a grouped set of participants designated to participate in a collaborative session provided by a human-to-human collaborative tool executing in a computer system, generating a display of the percentage of the participants in the set having the particular availability status, and rendering the generated display of the percentage of the participants in the set having the particular availability status in a user interface in association with a hierarchical listing of participants in the collaborative session.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for utilizing group statistics for a group participating in a collaborative session, the method comprising the steps of:
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collecting group statistics for a grouped set of participants designated to participate in a collaborative session provided by a human-to-human collaborative tool executing in a computing system, the group statistics comprising a percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having a particular availability status, the grouped set of participants comprising selected ones of participants in the collaborative session; generating a display of the percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having the particular availability status; and
,rendering said generated display of the percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having the particular availability status in a user interface in association with a hierarchical listing of participants in said collaborative session, the hierarchical listing of participants comprising both individual participants in said collaborative session and also the grouped set of participants in said collaborative session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for utilizing group statistics for a group participating in a collaborative session, the system comprising:
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a collaborative tool stored in a memory executed by a processor of at least one computer system; presence detection logic executing in the memory of the at least one computer system coupled to said collaborative tool; and
,statistics processing logic coupled to said presence detection logic, the statistics processing logic comprising program code enabled when executing in the memory of the at least one computer system to collect group statistics for a grouped set of participants designated to participate in a collaborative session provided by the collaborative tool, the group statistics comprising a percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having a particular availability status indicated by the presence detection logic, the grouped set of participants comprising selected ones of participants in the collaborative session, to generate a display of the percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having the particular availability status, and to render said generated display of the percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having the particular availability status in a user interface in association with a hierarchical listing of participants in said collaborative session, the hierarchical listing of participants comprising both individual participants in said collaborative session and also the grouped set of participants in said collaborative session. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine readable storage memory having stored thereon a computer program for utilizing group statistics for a group participating in a collaborative session, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform the steps of:
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collecting group statistics for a grouped set of participants designated to participate in a collaborative session, the group statistics comprising a percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having a particular availability status, the grouped set of participants comprising selected ones of participants in the collaborative session; generating a display of the percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having the particular availability status; and
,rendering said generated display of the percentage of the participants in the grouped set of participants having the particular availability status in a user interface in association with a hierarchical listing of participants in said collaborative session, the hierarchical listing of participants comprising both individual participants in said collaborative session and also the grouped set of participants in said collaborative session. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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