Patent Document ID: 9652725
Application ID: 11040068

Base Claim:
1. A unified activity manager for use in a collaborative environment comprising: at least one computer system in which the unified activity manager executes; an activity list view provided by the unified activity manager, the activity list view comprising a hierarchical listing of activities; an activity view provided by the unified activity manager, the activity view comprising a rendering of properties associated with a selected activity in said activity list view; a persons and roles view displayed concurrently in a single screen with the activity view and provided by the unified activity manager, the persons and roles view comprising at least a listing of collaborators available for association with said selected activity in said activity list view; and, a placeholder management module coupled to the unified activity manager, the module comprising program code enabled to display a placeholder for a collaborator designated to perform a task in an activity in the activity view in lieu of reference to a specific collaborator.

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Claim 2:
2. The unified activity manager of claim 1 , wherein said activity view further comprises a listing of collaborators associated with said selected activity in said activity list view, a listing of roles associated with said selected activity in said activity list view, a listing of resources associated with said selected activity in said activity list view, and a listing of events associated with said selected activity in said activity list view.