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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Robert T. Uthe, Morrisville, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods to provide, by a processor, a user interface allowing a first user access to a collaborative effort system. Responsive to the first user utilizing the user interface, the methods, systems, and computer program products generate a plurality of threads within the collaborative effort system for a single discussion group of the collaborative effort system; authorize a second user access to at least a first thread of the plurality of threads after the generation of the plurality of threads; associate the second user with a user group after the generation of the plurality of threads; and authorize the user group access to at least a second thread of the plurality of threads. The methods generate a plurality of icons displayed in the user interface for the plurality of threads. The methods also displays in the user interface a priority of a problem to be solved through the collaborative effort system.