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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Robert T. Uthe, Morrisville, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Aspects include methods, systems, and computer programs to manage user access to a collaborative effort system. The method includes providing, by a processor, a user interface allowing a first user access to the collaborative effort system, responsive to the first user utilizing the user interface, generating a plurality of threads within the collaborative effort system, responsive to the first user utilizing the user interface, authorizing a second user access to at least one thread of the plurality of threads, and generating an icon displayed in the user interface to indicate that the second user is authorized to access the at least one thread. Authorization to a thread comprises an ability to view and participate in the thread.