Method and system for determining states of tasks based on activities associated with the tasks over a predetermined period of time

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations of determining a state of tasks, the operations comprising:

• querying a task database system associated with a user to identify a list of one or more tasks associated with the user;
• and
• for each of the tasks associated with the user,
• querying an email server associated with the user to obtain one or more emails and one or more calendar events that are associated with the task,
• querying an instant messaging (IM) server associated with the user to obtain IM messages of an IM channel of which the user is a member, wherein the IM channel was specifically created to exchange messages concerning the task amongst members,
• determining whether the task satisfies a predetermined state in view of the emails, calendar events, and IM messages associated with the task based on a set of rules, and
• in response to determining that the task satisfies the predetermined state, transmitting a notification to a predetermined destination regarding status of the task.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including
• querying a task database system associated with a user to identify a list of one or more tasks associated with the user;
• and
• for each of the tasks associated with the user,
• querying an email server associated with the user to obtain one or more emails and one or more calendar events that are associated with the task,
• querying an instant messaging (IM) server associated with the user to obtain IM messages of an IM channel of which the user is a member, wherein the IM channel was specifically created to exchange messages concerning the task amongst members,
• determining whether the task satisfies a predetermined state in view of the emails, calendar events, and IM messages associated with the task based on a set of rules, and
• in response to determining that the task satisfies the predetermined state, transmitting a notification to a predetermined destination regarding status of the task.