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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Michael N. Abernethy, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Kulvir S. Bhogal, Forth Worth, TX (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Alexandre Polozoff, Bloomington, IL (US);
Michael N. Abernethy, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Kulvir S. Bhogal, Forth Worth, TX (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Alexandre Polozoff, Bloomington, IL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for sharing tasks is provided in which individuals in a share group may signal their intent to complete individual shared tasks and communicate that intent to other individuals in the share group. A required time for completion of the shared tasks may be associated with an individual's signaling of the intent to complete the shared task. The completion of the shared task by the individual signaling intent to complete may be monitored and, if not completed within the associated required time, the performance of the shared task may again be shared with the individuals of the share group. In this way, another individual may signal that individual's intent to perform the shared task and the process may be repeated until the shared task is completed.