Method of and apparatus for providing a group query

US5485605A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• William J. Johnson · Flower Mound, US
• Robert S. Keller · Colleyville, US
• George C. Manthuruthil · Coppell, US
• Marvin L. Williams · Lewisville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 1992
• Grant date: Jan 16, 1996
• Expiry date: May 1, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99934
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method of, and apparatus for, providing a group query. An Interrogator Process provides an interface to a requesting user and formulates appropriate queries. Queries may be of the form of a single user query, a multiple user query, a group query, or a physical area query. A group is a collection of users who share a common characteristic. This common characteristic may be the same department, the same surname, the same job title, using the same device, executing the same process or application, etc.