Business Objects Software Limited

Successfactors, Inc.

Jeff Gan

Finlay Cannon

Ronald Wade Richards

Mahdi Tayarani

Methods, systems, and computer program products for monitoring collaboration between members of a group and providing feedback are described. A count of group members m of a group G, a count of group items i, and a characteristic of an action a performed by a member m on an item i, where a&#x2208;A, m&#x2208;M, and i&#x2208;I, are obtained. A member-item score is computed for a time quantum T, where the time quantum Tis a fixed-length amount of time with an arbitrary start point. A collaboration score Qfor the group G is computed, where Q=&#x3a3;&#x3a3;Q.

Mechanism for monitoring collaboration

A method and a system are described that involve generating a graphical tree hierarchy of a data structure and its accompanying metadata. In one embodiment, the method includes building a graphical tree hierarchy with a plurality of levels, wherein the graphical tree hierarchy includes at least a root node, a plurality of non-leaf nodes, and a plurality of leaf nodes. Further, the method includes aggregating at least a portion of the plurality of non-leaf nodes at a level of the graphical tree hierarchy, if a subset of the plurality of non-leaf nodes residing at the level exceeds a maximum number of nodes per the level. The method also includes scaling down the plurality of leaf nodes, if the plurality of levels of the graphical tree hierarchy exceeds a maximum number of levels.

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Vancouver, Canada

Jeff Gan