Predictive collaboration management

US8943131B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Nathan D. Fontenot · Georgetown, US
• Jeffrey George · Austin, US
• Michael T. Strosaker · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 27, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/101
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing collaborations. Requests are received by a computer for collaboration on a topic. A set of experts is identified by the computer having expertise in the topic for the collaboration and having activity prior to the collaboration relating to the topic to predict a likelihood of participation by the respective expert in the collaboration. The set of experts are identified from searching a number of collections of information.