TASK MANAGEMENT FOR A PLURALITY OF TEAM MEMBERS
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Abstract
Each of a plurality of team members may define a task by providing data concerning a task to a centralized controller, wherein each task may be assigned any other team member of the plurality of team members. The controller may receive task event information from a first team member of the plurality of team members regarding a task, which task is associated within the controller with the first team member and a second team member. The controller subsequently sends updated task information, based on the task event information, to both the first team member and the second team member. Relevant to any given task, the task event information may comprise a task delegation indication, which may further comprise a non-delegation indication such that further delegation of the task in not permitted.
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37 Claims
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18. A method for task management for a plurality of team members, the method comprising:
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storing, by a processor-implemented controller, data concerning a plurality of tasks that are received from ones of the plurality of team members and assigned to any of the plurality of team members; receiving, by the processor-implemented controller, task event information from a first team member of the plurality of team members concerning a task of the plurality of tasks associated with both the first team member and a second team member of the plurality of team members, wherein the task event information comprises a task delegation indication indicating that the second team member is at least partially responsible for completing the task, and wherein the task delegation indication establishes one of a parent and child relationship for at least one task object of the task; generating, by the processor-implemented controller, a tree structure that includes parent and child relationships between task objects of the tasks, wherein the task includes the at least one task object and at least one attribute related to the at least one task object, wherein the at least one task object includes at least one task portion of the task being delegated, and wherein the at least one attribute indicates one of a parent and child relationship of the at least one task object relative to at least one of the tasks; and sending, by the processor-implemented controller, updated task information to the first team member and the second team member based on the task event information, wherein the updated task information comprises the tree structure that includes the parent and child relationships between the task objects of the tasks. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for task management for a plurality of team members, comprising:
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a data storage device to store data concerning a plurality of tasks that are received from ones of the plurality of team members and assigned to any other ones of the plurality of team members; a task event information receiving device to receive task event information from a first team member of the plurality of team members concerning a task of the plurality of tasks associated with both the first team member and a second team member of the plurality of team members, wherein the task event information comprises a task delegation indication indicating that the second team member is at least partially responsible for completing the task, and the task delegation indication establishes one of a parent and child relationship for at least one task object of the task; and an updated task information sending device to send updated task information to the first team member and the second team member based on the task event information, wherein an external hierarchy of the plurality of team members is independent of an authority of the any other ones of the plurality of team members to delegate the task to any other team member of the plurality of team members. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions for task management for a plurality of team members, the machine readable instructions when executed cause a computer system to:
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receive, from ones of a plurality of team member workstations, data concerning a plurality of tasks assigned to any of the plurality of team members; receive task event information from a first team member workstation of the plurality of team member workstations concerning a task of the plurality of tasks associated with both a first team member and a second team member of the plurality of team members, wherein the task event information comprises a task delegation indication indicating that the second team member is at least partially responsible for completing the task, wherein the task delegation indication establishes one of a parent and child relationship for at least one task object of the task, and wherein an external hierarchy of the plurality of team members is independent of an authority of the any of the plurality of team members to delegate the task to any other team member of the plurality of team members; generate, by a processor, a tree structure that includes parent and child relationships between task objects of the tasks, wherein the task includes the at least one task object and at least one attribute related to the at least one task object, wherein the at least one task object includes at least one task portion of the task being delegated, and wherein the at least one attribute indicates one of a parent and child relationship of the at least one task object relative to at least one of the tasks; and send updated task information to the first team member and the second team member based on the task event information, wherein the updated task information comprises the tree structure that includes the parent and child relationships between the task objects of the tasks. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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