Reverse metadata viewing by multiple parties

US8881028B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Tamir Klinger · Brooklyn, US
• Jacquelyn A. Martino · Cold Spring, US
• Paul M. Matchen · Bethel, US
• Peri L. Tarr · Briarcliff Manor, US
• Patrick A. Wagstrom · Coventry, US
• Clay E. Williams · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Reverse metadata viewing by multiple parties, in one aspect, determines one or more second users that share one or more concerns of the first user, enable the first user to select said one or more second users. One or more concerns of said selected one or more second users are determined based on metadata information in electronic artifacts associated with said selected one or more second users. The first user is enabled to explore said one or more concerns of said selected one or more second users.