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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Charles S. Lingafelt, Durham, NC (US);
David P. Merrill, New Paltz, NY (US);
John E. Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);
Charles S. Lingafelt, Durham, NC (US);
David P. Merrill, New Paltz, NY (US);
John E. Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for controlling collaboration participation. The system includes a computing infrastructure configured to monitor endpoint collaboration devices and/or users. The computing infrastructure is also configured to authorize collaboration between one or more of the endpoint collaboration devices and/or users with an initiating device if the computing infrastructure finds a match between stored attributes and information related to the one or more endpoint collaboration devices and/or users.