Patent ID: 7685160

Claim:
A collaborative data access model system, comprising: a processor communicatively coupled to a system memory; a log that collects past data access patterns for a collaboration of users; a context component to record a plurality of contexts relating to the past data access patterns of a collaboration of users; a predictive component to determine future data access patterns relating to a newly added member of the collaboration of users at least in part on the past data access patterns of the existing collaboration of users at the time the existing collaboration of users were added to the collaboration of users and the context recorded; and a collaborative filtering component that determines patterns of data access of the existing collaboration of users within the existing collaboration of users and provides the existing collaboration of users with a montage based on a suitable segment of users within the existing collaboration of users, wherein the suitable segment of users within the existing collaboration of users is determined by: how long a particular user has been at an organization; how long the particular user has been on a project; and a level of expertise of the particular user, wherein the level of expertise is determined by the particular user answering a form about competencies and by recording an activity, wherein the activity includes using functions and completing a task.