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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Satish K. Gannu, San Jose, CA (US);
Deepti Patil, San Jose, CA (US);
Christian Posse, Foster City, CA (US);
Satish K. Gannu, San Jose, CA (US);
Deepti Patil, San Jose, CA (US);
Christian Posse, Foster City, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving data propagating in a network environment and organizing the data into one or more subjects. A request is received for information associated with a particular subject and an individual associated with the particular subject is identified. The request can be communicated to the individual if a request limit has not been exceeded for the individual. In other embodiments, a profile associated with each of a plurality of users in the network environment is maintained. The profile can include a number of questions presented to each user, a number of questions answered by each user, and a configured limit on how many questions each user is permitted to receive. In still other embodiments, a designation is made for a total number of requests that can be open between a plurality of users during a given time interval.