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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2003
David F. Bantz, Portland, ME (US);
Jarir K. Chaar, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
David F. Bantz, Portland, ME (US);
Jarir K. Chaar, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program for interacting with team members of a virtual team. Persistent storage is configured to store collective qualifications of the virtual team based on the individual qualifications of the team members, while a team broker is configured to present the collective qualifications to third parties. Thus, the broker provides a dynamic representation of the collective knowledge, skills and experience of a virtual team. The broker further enables an entity, such as a team employer or teacher, to interact with the virtual team as if that team were a single entity, rather than a collection of individual members.