Method and apparatus for managing virtual team collaboration meetings
OwnerWilliam A. Hetrickinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for managing virtual team collaboration meetings. Team members enter answers to scrum questions into a virtual scrum tool, subject to user-defined answer length restrictions, at the beginning of their work day. The virtual scrum tool sends reminders to team members if scrum answers are not submitted a within user-defined time frame. The virtual scrum tool sends brief notifications to registered team members when a team member updates scrum answers. The virtual scrum tool stores scrum answers and provides browsing access to the stored scrum answers and RSS feeds of team member's latest scrum answers.
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A method for managing virtual team collaboration meetings, comprising steps of:
- receiving answers to questions;
- issuing reminders when answers to questions are not submitted within a user-defined time frame;
- storing answers to questions that have been submitted;
- sending notifications when answers to questions have been submitted;
- and
- providing access to stored answers to questions.
A virtual scrum tool comprising:
- a data entry means for entering answers to questions;
- a first notification means for issuing reminders when answers to questions are not submitted within a user-defined time frame;
- a second notification means for sending notifications when answers to questions have been submitted;
- a storage means for storing answers to questions;
- and
- an access means for providing access to stored answers to questions.
A virtual scrum tool comprising:
- an entry component;
- a notification component;
- a storage component;
- and
- an access component;
- wherein the entry component receives answers to questions, the notification component sends reminders when answers to questions are not submitted within a user-defined time frame, the notification component sends notifications when answers to questions have been submitted, the storage component stores answers to questions, and the access component provides access to the stored answers to questions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.