Patent ID: 8959158
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of leveraging point-in-time actions, the computer-implemented method comprising: establishing a hierarchical group that comprises a first receiving computer and a second receiving computer, wherein the hierarchical group defines which co-recipient computers are authorized to be monitored for and notified of action activities; receiving, by the first receiving computer, an asynchronous electronic message; performing, at the first receiving computer and in response to receiving the asynchronous electronic message, a point-in-time action, wherein the point-in-time action comprises performing an Internet word search for subjects that are related to a topic of the asynchronous electronic message; generating an action alert by the first receiving computer, wherein the action alert is generated in response to the point-in-time action being performed at the first receiving computer, wherein the asynchronous electronic message is an open request to any of multiple recipients to perform an activity related to a particular project, wherein the point-in-time action initiated a performance of the activity related to the particular project, wherein the action alert indicates that the point-in-time action has been taken by the user of the first receiving computer, and wherein transmission of the action alert is limited to other computers in the hierarchical group; transmitting the action alert to the second receiving computer, wherein the second receiving computer also receives the asynchronous electronic message, and wherein the action alert is automatically generated and transmitted by the first receiving computer in response to the user of the first receiving computer performing the point-in-time action; and receiving a response from the second receiving computer, wherein the response is generated by the second receiving computer in response to the second receiving computer receiving the action alert, and wherein the response instructs a user of the first receiving computer to contact by telephone a user of the second receiving computer.