Patent ID: 8929528
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing a collaboration, said method comprising: receiving, by a processing entity, event information identifying an occurrence of an event having an event type; determining, by the processing entity, a collaboration qualification set that identifies qualifications of desired participants for the collaboration based on the event type by accessing a resource qualifications repository, the resource qualifications repository identifying a different respective collaboration qualification set for each of a plurality of different event types, each different respective collaboration qualification set identifying a desired qualification for each of a plurality of participants for a respective event type; identifying, by the processing entity, from a plurality of individuals, a group of participants each of whom is identified as having at least one of the desired qualifications identified in the collaboration qualification set; determining, by the processing entity, that at least one participant of the group of participants that has a particular Qualification of the desired Qualifications is unavailable for the collaboration; in response to determining that the at least one participant is unavailable for the collaboration, identifying another participant from the plurality of individuals that has the particular qualification; and determining that the another participant is available for the collaboration.