International Business Machines Corporation

Thomas Schaeck

David Andrew Brooks

Michael C Wanderski

Miguel A Estrada

Ethan L Perry

Carsten Leue

Roland Weber

Frank Leymann

Tolga Oral

Brad Byer Topol

Peter Bendel

Stefan Liesche

Peter Fischer

Juergen Schaeck

Horst Henn

John Raithel Hind

Mustansir Banatwala

Dieter Helmut Roller

Stefan Alfons Hepper

Thomas Stober

Stephan Laertz

Robert Leslie Yates

Matthias Kloppmann

Sara Beth Weber

Patrick Y Lin

Markus Reichart

Daniel Rucci

Meggan H Todd

Robert Junghuber

Rainer Dzierzon

Erik John Burckart

James Patrick Galvin, Jr

Andreas Nauerz

Gerd Breiter

Lin Luo

Thomas F Boehme

Andrew Bryan Smith

Dieter Buehler

William M Quinn

Klaus Rindtorff

Michelle Xue Zhou

Daniel Pittner

Corinne M Ryan

Jeffrey William Nichols

Walter Haenel

Derek W Carr

Chang Yan Chi

Lothar Merk

Thomas A Hampp-Bahnmueller

Dirk Herrendoerfer

Mark Douglas Weitzel

Stefan Behl

Christopher D Price

Stephan Hesmer

Ernst-Michael Hamann

Robert Sulzmann

Brian G Cline

Michael Wasmund

Qinying Liao

Thomas Walz

Gerhard Stark

Carsten Guenther

Dieter Schieber

Ying-xin Pan

Dirk Koehler

Elmar Albinger

Brent Benton

Dana W Morris

A method for calculating lists of events in activity streams includes calculating a list of activity events for a user's activity stream based on weights assigned to implicit actions and explicit actions and prioritizing the list of the activity events in the user's activity stream based on the weights.

Calculating lists of events in activity streams

A role-based social network follow request that identifies a specified user role to follow within a social network is received from a social network user. A social network role-based query, derived from the specified user role identified within the role-based social network follow request, is executed. In response to executing the social network role-based query, role-based information of social network users within the social network is retrieved. Another social network user that matches the specified user role is identified based upon the retrieved role-based information of the social network users. Role-based social network following of the matching other social network user is configured for the requesting social network user.

Role-relative social networking

A method for calculating lists of events in activity streams includes calculating a list of activity events for a user's activity stream based on weights assigned to implicit actions and explicit actions; and prioritizing the list of the activity events in the user's activity stream based on the weights.

Providing access to media data shared by multiple users. A predefined edge weight is assigned to each edge of a linked data structure based on a dependency category of the edge. A first access rating value is assigned to each node. A rating residue value is calculated as the difference between the two first access rating values of the nodes connected by each edge. The data structure is traversed from a seed node, and for each edge traversed, calculating a second access rating value using an edge weight value and the first access rating value. Repeating until the rating residue values meet a predefined convergence criterion. The nodes having access rating values meeting a predefined data removal criterion are selected from the nodes of the linked data structure. The data entities corresponding to the selected nodes are then removed.

Communication method and system for accessing media data

Mechanisms are provided for enabling collaboration across tenants in a multi-tenant environment using single sign-on (SSO) authentication/authorization. Various examples provide for creating a user account and provisioning a subscription to a user (e.g., to enable single sign-on authentication/authorization). The user is allowed to access services (e.g., collaborative services) in a multi-tenant environment by utilizing a subscription authorization of the user without prompting the user to authenticate by logging-in again (that is, without prompting the user to log-in again after the user has already logged-in and been authenticated for a given session). Other examples provide for mapping webspaces through URL hosts where each organization (that is, tenant) has its own set of namespace(s).

Multi-tenancy support for enterprise social business computing

Methods, products, apparatus, and systems may identify one or more relevant social communities for one or more questions. Additionally, a user-question affinity value between a user and a question may be determined. In addition, a user-community affinity value between the user and each of a plurality of candidate social communities may be determined. Moreover, a question-community affinity value between the question and each of the plurality of candidate social communities may be determined based on the user-question affinity value and the user-community affinity value. The question-community affinity value determination may involve calculating a running average using the user-question affinity value and the user-community affinity value. The question-community affinity value may identify the one or more relevant social communities from the plurality of candidate social communities.

Question-related identification of relevant social communities

A system providing a bi-directional feedback loop that assists project management to make timely decisions and alterations based on personal calendar data retrieved from team members' calendars. The system provides a project manager user with perceptible alerts in a project manager user interface in response to detecting a conflict between proposed or actual personal calendar events of a team member user and deliverables assigned to that team member user. The project manager user interface enables the project manager to take an action in the event such a conflict is detected. Project manager actions in this regard may include permitting a conflicting personal calendar event, forbidding the conflicting personal calendar event, delegating the conflicting deliverable to another team member, adjusting the deliverable requirements, and/or escalating the conflict to a higher level of management.

Method and system for providing a bi-directional feedback loop between project management and personal calendar systems

Sharing content between users of different social networks includes: in a source social network implemented by at least one processor, receiving shared content uploaded by a source user with an indication of a number of recipients of the shared content; establishing a trusted communication link between the source social network and at least one external social network; and allowing the number of recipients to retrieve the shared content from the source social network via the trusted communication link.

Inter-service sharing of content between users from different social networks

Embodiments include a program product and a method for providing responses to questions provided on a social media site. The method includes receiving, via a processor, a user question from a social networking site and decomposing and filtering the user question so that it can be further analyzed. The method also includes generating a list of most closely matched potential responders based on analysis of the user question and sending the most closely matched potential responders the user question. Upon receiving responses back from the most closest matched potential responders, these responses are aggregated by the processor in a final response format.

Integrating smart social question and answers enabled for use with social networking tools

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Thomas Schaeck