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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2010
A. Julie Kadashevich, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Jane B. Marcus, Westford, MA (US);
A. Julie Kadashevich, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Jane B. Marcus, Westford, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Selectively controlling information flow in a collaborative environment implemented by at least one server device includes: receiving in the at least one server device, from a first user of the collaborative environment, a pipeline condition corresponding to a target recipient and a release condition corresponding to the target recipient; and preventing the target recipient, with the at least one server device, from accessing information satisfying the pipeline condition posted by the first user to the collaborative environment until the release condition has been satisfied.